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Veterans Day: Honoring All Who Served

At Blessing Health System, we are honored to have Veterans on our team improving the health of our communities every day. Service members, veterans and your families on our team and in our community- we thank you, we honor you, we remember you.

Palliative Care

Palliative care helps people at any stage of illness. This type of care is focused on controlling the symptoms of the illness, providing comfort and increasing someone’s quality of life. Palliative Care …

Outpatient Rehabilitation Services

When a medical condition affects how you move, speak or feel, the impact on your daily life can be huge. To help you maximize your potential so you can live the fullest life possible, Blessing Hospital provides speech and lymphedema therapy on an…

Celebrating National Hospital Week 2020

May 10-16, 2020, is National Hospital Week.

Saving a life: Where hope and reality collide

Andrew Romano was outside of the building in which he works, Kohl Wholesale in Quincy, enjoying just a moment of a beautiful late summer’s day. Little did he know a storm was brewing.

Blessing Cancer Center retains national accreditation

The Blessing Cancer Center has again earned accreditation from The Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons, as the result of a recent survey. Blessing Hospital has held CoC accreditation since 1966.

Blessing Health System earns national recognition for workplace wellness

The Wellness Council of America (WELCOA) has recognized Blessing Health System’s workplace wellness programming with a Well Workplace bronze award.

How a phone call changed the life of a breast cancer survivor

Most of us have a voice within.  We hear it when considering big decisions. “Good choice.” “Bad choice.” “Do it.” “Don’t do it.”  “What about…?” Sometimes we listen to the voice. Sometimes we don’t.

Blessing rehabilitation nurse retires

Melinda Heindselman, BSN, RN, Rehabilitation Services, Blessing Hospital, retires August 15 after 34 years of service. She began her career as a certified nurse assistant (CNA) in 1980, joining Blessing Hospital and its Skilled Nursing Unit (SNU) staff in 1990.

Pain is no match for Miss Margaret

When 88-year-old Margaret Midget broke her hip earlier this year, her five children knew what that could mean.