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Heart Fluttering? There is a Cure for That!

For six years, Maria Baker, a Blessing Health System administrative secretary, lived with the feeling of a fluttering heart, but not knowing why.

Community Voice

Thank you for your continued participation in Blessing's Community Voice group.  With your voice, Blessing can better understand our community’s needs as we reimagine what health care can look like for the Quincy area. We look forward to…

Gage’s gift

Something powerful took place in the Blessing Hospital Emergency Center recently. It didn’t have to do with medicine. It was about faith.

The Blessing of a Good Night's Sleep

Carol Dodds’ life changed thanks to the skill of a heart surgeon and the generosity of people she doesn’t know.

One nurse’s journey to the bedside: “I wish I would have done it earlier”

Bev Armstrong’s path to a nursing career began late in life, with the arrival of her granddaughter. Born in Keokuk, Iowa, with a hematoma, the baby was transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit in Iowa City.

Plastic surgeon draws families to Blessing Health for life-changing care

Moms are particular and passionate about the provider they pick when their children need reconstructive surgery.

Determination and good fortune lead woman to breast cancer recovery

Becky Keck has known great success in her life. She has been married to husband, Dave, for 42 years. They have four daughters and 11 grandchildren. Becky was the first in her family to attend and graduate from college. She then worked her way up the corporate ladder to serve as chief financial officer of a Quincy-based company that does business around the world.

Meat manager battles pain until he got a “sign” in the breakroom

Tom Adam was looking forward to a dream vacation – Cancun, Mexico with his wife to celebrate their 20th anniversary and his 50th birthday. It was memorable all right, but for all the wrong reasons. “It was the worst pain I ever had,” said the 54-year-old meat manager from the County Market store in Palmyra, MO.