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ICU Nurse Honored for Creating Memory Collage for Family

Dakota Wand, RN, ICU, became the 57th Blessing Hospital nurse to receive the international DAISY Award. She received the award during a ceremony on February 9, 2021.

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month: Are you eligible for screening?

Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in both men and women in the United States and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Many people are unaware they have lung cancer until it has reached an advanced stage, making it more difficult to treat and reducing the survival rate.

Blessing surgical nurse earns DAISY Award

Carrie Parker, RN, One Day Surgery, Blessing Hospital, became the 24th Blessing nurse to receive the international DAISY Award. 

Kidney (Nephrology) Center

People often experience zero symptoms in the early stages of kidney disease. That is why it is so important to seek the care of a kidney specialist, or nephrologist, if you are at high risk for kidney disease. Blessing’s nephrologists monitor and…

From mushroom hunting to world travel: Celebrating a life-changing anniversary

Mary Eustace is a leader. In December 2019, she was the first Blessing Hospital patient to have her damaged aortic heart value replaced through a minimally invasive procedure called Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, or TAVR. Over the next 12 months, 32 other people, ages 54 to 94 from throughout the Tri-State area, experienced the life-changing effects of TAVR.

Woman’s persistence, surgeon’s skill make a wish come true

Sherri Johnson had one request for Blessing Health neurosurgeon, Dr. John Olson, during her first appointment with him.

Secretary’s commitment to others makes her an ICARE award winner

Kristi Primm’s coworkers recognize her commitment to them and to their patients and that is why she was nominated for the ICARE Award for Compassion.

Blessing offers free colorectal cancer screening kits in March

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. The kits are available beginning Monday, March 2 and while supplies last.