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Keeping this story alive can save others
After years of sophisticated medical care, including surgeries at a children’s hospital associated with Stanford University in southern California, Madilynn’s doctor came to the decision that she needed a heart-lung transplant to live. For a number of reasons, she was not a candidate.
New heart procedure reduces stroke risk and fear
Talk with Jim Waterkotte for a while and you know he is one of a kind. But not in every way. Jim had taken a blood thinner for 10 years. So do as many as three million people each year in the United States. Jim took the blood thinner to control life-threatening clotting associated with his heart’s abnormal rhythm, known as atrial fibrillation (Afib).
Pandemic (and a phone call) lead nurse back to Blessing
During my first day of orientation, I could barely contain myself. Maureen Kahn, president and chief executive officer of Blessing Health System and Blessing Hospital, discussed how the health system did not lay off one employee because of the pandemic. That just blew me away. I was almost in tears. They knew it would hurt their bottom dollar. They did it anyway, without question.
Endocrinologist, psychiatrist and emergency physician join Blessing Health
Sandra Dempsey, MD, Roman Fridline, MD, and Bejoy John, MD have joined Blessing Hospital.
Medical Equipment for Home
When you leave the hospital with instructions for home care, your list of supplies or equipment can be a lot to manage. At Denman Services, our friendly, expert staff can help. A regional provider of medical supplies and equipment, we serve patients…
How One Blanket Warms An Entire Family
Blessing Hospice hosts the “Memory Bear” program, making items including stuffed bears and pillows for their families out of textile items that belonged to their loved one.
Article written by Blessing nurses published
Two Blessing Hospital nurses co-authored an article that has been featured in the online publication, Nursing Management.
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 graduate receives DAISY Award
McKenna Uplinger, RN, 2 North, who joined the Blessing Hospital nursing staff after graduating from John Wood Community College’s nursing program in May 2019, became the 49th Blessing nurse to receive the international DAISY Award during a ceremony on March 4.