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Breast Center Financial Assistance

Blessing wants to make sure that all women in the community have access to breast cancer screenings and treatment, regardless of income or insurance. This is why we offer a financial assistance program at the Breast Center. Breast Center Financial…

Blessing Health System to assume ownership of Keokuk Area Hospital

Control of Keokuk Area Hospital in southeast Iowa will be transferred from current parent company, UnityPoint Health of West Des Moines, Iowa, to Blessing Health System of Quincy, Illinois, effective March 1.

New level of care available to critically ill patients at Blessing Hospital

Patients experiencing severe heart or respiratory failure, or both, have access to a new level of care at Blessing Hospital through Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation technology, or ECMO for short.

Blessing participates in new cancer treatment trial

The Blessing Cancer Center has been selected as one of 51 study locations worldwide participating in a new metastatic breast cancer clinical trial. Metastatic cancer has traveled to other parts of the body from its site of origination. It is estimated that 20-30 percent of all breast cancer cases will become metastatic. The clinical trial is studying the effectiveness, safety and tolerability of a first-of-its-kind medication, Enobosarm.

Blessing Health System leader earns advanced degree

Blessing Health Hannibal

Established in 1957, Blessing Health Hannibal (formerly known as Hannibal Clinic) has been serving the communities of northeast Missouri for over 60 years.  This multi-specialty group includes several outreach clinics to bring care closer to…

Noncancerous Breast Tumors

It is not uncommon to feel a lump or something unusual in your breast when you are doing a self-exam. The majority of these breast changes are benign, which means they are not related to cancer. Noncancerous Breast Tumors …

The HeartFlow® Analysis

The HeartFlow® Analysis Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States.1 CAD develops when the arteries leading to the heart narrow or become…

Family finds life-saving care and life-enriching support after terrible accident

Some would say Chase Thurman cheated death. That’s not accurate. Chase Thurman doesn’t cheat. What Chase did was call upon his own physical and mental strength and - with the help of a skilled surgeon and the support of people around the region, country and world – beat the odds.

Chronic Wounds

A chronic wound is a wound that does not heal within 30 days. At Blessing’s Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Center, we are experts at treating these types of wounds, burns and ulcers. Chronic Wounds We heal…