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Teacher learns a life lesson

As a substitute teacher, Donia Gardner has to be prepared for a call to work at a moment’s notice. But even with 24 years’ experience there was no way to prepare for her day at Quincy’s Denman Elementary School on Friday, January 31, 2025.

Pandemic keeps United Way Unmet Needs Committee volunteers busy

Former EVS tech earns Honey Bee Award

Bobbi Roberts, transporter, Centralized Staffing, received the Honey Bee Award on Wednesday, May 9, for service she provided while with the Environmental Services department.

Pediatric nurse earns DAISY award

Melanie Stinnett, RN, 6 South/Pediatrics, Blessing Hospital, became the 32nd Blessing nurse to receive the international DAISY Award.

Blessing Hospital receives national recognition for stroke care

For stroke patients, receiving proper care as quickly as possible can be the difference between life and death, or life with a permanent disability. The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has confirmed Blessing Hospital delivers stroke care that meets or exceeds national standards by awarding it with Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke GOLD PLUS recognition for 2022.

COPD

If you are regularly short of breath or have a cough that will not go away, you should seek care from a pulmonary specialist, or lung doctor. COPD, or chronic obstructive lung disease, often starts with these seemingly minor symptoms. Because…

Mystery solved: Surgeon diagnoses, treats icy injury

Kim Peters is one in a million. That is how many people the federal Centers for Disease Control estimates are injured each year as the result of falling on ice and snow. On an icy day and with her hands full, including the leash of her puppy, Kim slipped and fell down three stairs.

Microtia

A condition that causes children to be born with small, deformed or missing ears. Microtia Patients with microtia are born with an unformed or unusually shaped ear. This condition can be part…

Mid-face lift (Cheek lift)

Lifts and repositions the tissues of the lower eyelid and cheek to soften the area between the lower eyelid and cheek, and to smooth lines between the eyelid and cheek and between the cheek and upper lip. Mid-face lift (Cheek lift) …

Blessing Neurosurgeon Helps Woman Get Back To Work

No longer being able to do the job she loved was a possibility earlier this year when back pain crippled Candi Ludwig.