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Blessing Hospital organ and tissue donation efforts earn national recognition
For the second year in a row, Blessing Hospital and its Life Team have been awarded Platinum recognition from the federal Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) and Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network for “saving and healing lives by encouraging their employees and communities to register as organ, eye and tissue donors” through the National Hospital Organ Donation Campaign.
Through helping others, woman replaces grief with joy and anger with peace
Three years ago, a tidal wave of nearly unbearable grief and anger flooded Victoria Marten Haxel’s world.
Prostate cancer patients have access to advance testing at Blessing Health
Blessing Health urologist Dr. David Lieber sees the health system embracing its responsibility to cancer patients, their loved ones, and their providers.
Blessing EP Lab team celebrates 10 years of care with a FIRST!
A Blessing patient seeking care for atrial fibrillation became one of the first patients in the country to find the life-improving help they needed using brand new technology.
Update: All Clear on Lockdown of Blessing Hospital at 11th Street
The lockdown of Blessing Hospital’s 11th Street campus and the Blessing Health Center has been lifted. The threat has been resolved and those entering the buildings will no longer be screened.
Women’s Hearts Age Differently (And It Can Hide a Serious Valve Condition)
The size differential of a woman’s heart impacts the ability to detect a potentially serious heart ailment known as paradoxical low flow low gradient (LFLG) severe aortic stenosis.
Surgical nurse’s ability to connect with special needs patients earns DAISY Award
Illini Community Hospital registered nurse Lexy Ghrist says watching her best friend raise a child with Down Syndrome shaped her approach to nursing. It also led her to receive an international DAISY Award.
Blessing Health Hannibal hosting no-cost skin cancer screening on May 1
Board-certified dermatologist, Susan Meidl, MD, FAAD, Blessing Health Hannibal, will conduct a no-cost American Academy of Dermatology Spot Skin Cancer Screening on Thursday, May 1, by appointment only.