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Man finds life-changing pain relief by accident
Most people have experienced the agonizing pain of leg cramps, the sudden and involuntary contraction of a muscle. Charles Mast knows the feeling too well.
Palmyra man finds life-changing care in his own backyard
Dustin Day moved his family – teen-age daughter and wife – from southern California to Palmyra, MO, to be closer to his wife’s family. The move had some unexpected benefits for Dustin including saving his life.
Heroes: It takes one to know one
Norm says everything is healed and he’ll be released from the Blessing Wound Center’s care very soon with another battle in his life won and a special place in his heart for his heroes at the Blessing Wound Center.
Quincy Family Practice Residency Program
Blessing Hospital is a major participant and financial underwriter of the Family Practice Residency Program conducted by Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.
The three-year program, run out of the Quincy Family Practice Center,…
Area hospitals form heart care partnership
Patients in the region served by McDonough District Hospital now have convenient access to advanced heart care provided by cardiologists of the Blessing Health System. Effective September 10, Drs. Steven Krause, Irving Schwartz and Eliot Nissenbaum, cardiologists, Blessing Physician Services, will see patients at the Macomb hospital three days a week.
Knitted Knockers offer comfort, support
Mastectomy Aftermath: Volunteers help to produce crocheted prosthesis, which takes shape and feel of real breast.
Financial Assistance Policy
Blessing Health System provides medical care regardless of the patient’s ability to pay. A variety of payment options are offered to patients and their families. Special payment arrangements may apply to elective services.No one will be denied…
Blessing Health offers free cancer screening kits
In recognition of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Blessing Health is providing free, take-home colorectal cancer screening kits to the public at locations in west central Illinois and northeast Missouri, and by mail. The kits are available from Monday, March 18 and while supplies last.
Finding hope - and a reason to laugh - after cancer
Dan Simbro has a contagious sense of humor. Ask him how many grandchildren he has and Dan will tell you “a bunch” because he’s afraid to give an exact number and forget someone. In the days before Easter 2022, at age 68, Dan dressed up in a bright pink bunny suit and passed out candy in public.