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Man’s family history catches up with him

Woman’s life-long dream becomes a family affair

Blessing Hospital celebrates its 150th anniversary during 2025. This is the third in a series of stories celebrating the anniversary through generations of care, compassion and community as told by family members working at Blessing.

Teacher learns it takes teamwork to treat cancer

Shari Kirtlink loved her career as a pre-kindergarten teacher at Carpenter’s Kids, a program of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Hannibal. All of a sudden, it was her students and their families making a difference in the 57-year-olds life, wearing “Team Shari” shirts and praying for her regularly after she had to leave teaching because of lung cancer that spread to her brain.

REGISTERED NURSE (RN) HOSPITAL FROM HOME - HOSPITAL FROM HOME

JOB SUMMARY Blessing’s Hospital From Home is a unique opportunity for Registered Nurses with an interest in innovative care redesign that redefines the way care is provided to our patients. When illness develops and is significant enough to require…

Organ and Tissue Donation: National Donor Sabbath

During the weekend of Nov. 10-12, 2017 Blessing Hospital will join clergy and healthcare professionals across the country observing National Donor Sabbath, an interfaith celebration of the gifts of hope provided through organ and tissue donation and transplantation. Together, we will urge people to make faith-based decisions to become organ and tissue donors.

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.

Health and Wellness Services

When you invest in health solutions that benefit your employees, everyone wins. Your employees can more easily manage their health, and you can better manage your healthcare expenses Health and Wellness Services …

Celebrating Black History Month: Dr. Bessay's Story

Emmanuel Bessay typifies—and then some—the nontraditional Northwestern medical student. Like the 30 other members of the Class of 2010 who didn’t go directly from their undergraduate alma maters to the Feinberg School of Medicine, this 36-year-old West African native took a different and somewhat harrowing route to medical school.

Cancer Prevention and Screenings

Cancer Prevention and Screenings Lifestyle changes can help prevent many types of cancer. Other cancers can be successfully treated if we screen for them and catch them early enough. At Blessing Cancer…

Partners in Recovery: A Blessing Breast Center Patient's Journey

What should have been a peaceful night’s sleep began a months-long nightmare for Pam Crow of Warsaw, IL. “I was lying there one night and reached up to scratch my chest and I felt a lump,” recalled the 48-year-old wife, mother, grandmother and financial aid administrator for an area school recalled.