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A life-long cough may have saved this woman’s life
Candy Tretter has enjoyed good health for most of her life, except for what she calls “this stupid little cough.”
Who's Your Angel Award - CVU Staff
CAREGIVER APPRECIATION: Cardiovascular Unit Staff - Mackenzie Snyder, RN; Mackenzie Greving, RN; Shelby Kite, RN; Maeve Rost, RN; Madelyn Vahle, RN; and Shane Stanford, RN of Centralized Staffing
"On December 14, 2022, our grandpa…
Secure Email via Cisco Registered Envelope Service (CRES)
What is secure email?
Secure email is similar to a letter placed in an envelope that is sealed. All contents of the letter (and attachments) that are placed in the envelope are encrypted and secured. Registration with Cisco is required…
Nurse practitioners helping to meet a growing need in primary care
Maria Baker faced a challenge becoming more common these days nationwide. She lost her primary care doctor when he ended his practice unexpectedly.
Helping Our Patients and Their Families
We are proud that our community generously supports these efforts. In fiscal year 2024, the Foundation received 14,968 gifts totaling more than $1.5 million.Caring Employees: The Blessing Foundation DifferenceBlessing caregivers are on the…
Woman relies on positive attitude and trust in her doctors to face ovarian cancer
Julie O’Leary says she has led a “blessed” life. She is one of six siblings, the mother of three, a grandmother of four and the wife of Edward for 30 years.
Talk about going the “extra mile”, meet a man who goes nearly 200 extra miles
Ray and Pam Smith pass other dermatology offices during their every-two-to-three month drive from their Lake of the Ozarks, MO, home to the office of Blessing Health dermatologist Elise Scoggin, DO, in Quincy.
Medical mystery ends with good news for Hannibal man
David Griffith was enjoying retirement. He exercised regularly, maintained a healthy diet and never had to take a prescription medication in his life.
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).
Blessing Lauretta M. Eno Early Learning Center Receives Quality Designation
Blessing Hospital’s Lauretta M. Eno Early Learning Center has earned a Gold Circle of Quality designation from ExceleRate Illinois, the state's quality rating and improvement system for early learning and development providers.