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Neurosurgery

For people who need surgery for brain, spine and nervous system conditions, Blessing provides a full-service neurosurgery center to patients in our region. Our skilled neurosurgeon and neurosurgery team provide experienced, compassionate care for…

Blessing Hospital to use state grant for new programs to improve at-risk pregnancy outcomes

Blessing Hospital is among 12 organizations in Illinois that has received a portion of $4.5 million in grants, through the state’s Birth Equity Initiative, to decrease pregnancy-related complications and deaths. Blessing received a $400,000 grant.

Incontinence and Overactive Bladder

Millions of men and women suffer from bladder control issues, often called overactive bladder (OAB). Urinary incontinence, or difficulty controlling your bladder, is one of the most common types of OAB conditions. Incontinence and Overactive Bladder …

Blessing Hospital employee retires after 16 years of service

Trudy Baze, unit secretary, Skilled Nursing Unit (SNU), Blessing Hospital, retires December 31, 2024, after 16 years of service.

What To Do If You Have Symptoms of COVID-19

What To Do If You Have Symptoms of COVID-19 Symptoms of COVID-19 The safest course of action for a person feeling mild-to-moderate COVID-19 symptoms is to call their healthcare provider to…

Celebrating Black History Month: Dr. Bessay's Story

Emmanuel Bessay typifies—and then some—the nontraditional Northwestern medical student. Like the 30 other members of the Class of 2010 who didn’t go directly from their undergraduate alma maters to the Feinberg School of Medicine, this 36-year-old West African native took a different and somewhat harrowing route to medical school.

Heart Attacks

A heart attack is permanent damage to the heart muscle. Heart attacks occur when a clot or plaque in an artery prevents blood from flowing to your heart. Without adequate blood flow and oxygen, heart muscle dies. Heart Attacks …

Blessing Breast Center is first in tri-states to offer new, more comfortable mammogram with 3D imaging service

The newly acquired SmartCurve™ breast stabilization system improves patient comfort without compromising image quality. The technology has the potential to assist women who have reported avoiding regular mammograms due in large part to the fear of discomfort associated with breast compression.

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How a woman’s “families” worked together when her heart needed care

Family means everything to Michelle Obert; that includes her nuclear family of husband John, to whom she has been married for 40 years, and seven children and five grandchildren; church family at St. Francis in Quincy and her work family of 40 years at Transitions of Western Illinois.