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Who's Your Angel Award - Lauren

  CAREGIVER APPRECIATION: Lauren "Lauren deserves this award because she is literally an angel on earth. Lauren is not just a nurse that goes above and beyond with her care and compassion but you can tell she is an amazing wife and mother…

Who's Your Angel Award - Dr. Boston

CAREGIVER APPRECIATION: Dr. Boston "We brought our daughter to the Emergency Department for what we thought was a simple allergy to medication. We presented to the department and we're almost immediately triaged back to a room. We were only in…

Blessing nurse educator retires

Helen Zimmerman, BSN, RN, NPD-BC, Nursing Professional Development, Blessing Hospital, retired on July 1 after 29 years of service.

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.

New procedure helps woman catch her breath and change her life

A minimally invasive lung procedure performed at Blessing Hospital, called BLVR, has given a 70-year-old grandmother her life back.

“Spreading the word” takes a lot longer than spreading a cold

In 2021, the Blessing Express Clinic burst on to the healthcare scene in the Tri-State area, enhancing the care available to people with non-life-threatening illnesses by offering the convenience of drive-through testing and treatment for a variety of conditions.

What to do when a “pain in the neck” is more than a pain in the neck

Tom Dolan has hiked the Rocky, Appalachian and Ozark Mountains and kayaked the Great Lakes, and the Mississippi, Missouri, and countless smaller rivers. Recently, Tom faced the possibility of losing his slice of heaven.

Man had to beat fear before beating prostate cancer

Jim Adams raised two daughters. He fears nothing. Make that almost nothing. Up until spring of this year Jim feared prostate cancer.

Blessing Health System Leader to Retire

Ann Awerkamp Dickson retires on December 31, 2025, after 43 years with Blessing, the last 22 years as administrative director of the Blessing Foundation.