VALPARAISO – Porter Health System is using Donate Life Month in April to celebrate its Silver Award for organ donation performance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The award denotes Porter as a Health and Human Services’ 2010 Medal of Honor hospital, only of only four in Indiana to receive […]
SOUTH BEND – The St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Joseph County has completed its purchase of the former Sunshine Clubhouse, part of the Madison Center complex near downtown. The 12,000-square-foot building will become the Society’s administrative offices and provide space for programs, meetings, retreats, liturgies, training and social functions. The
CROWN POINT – The University of St. Francis Crown Point will hold an open house for licensed practical nurses from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, April 14, and from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 16, at Franciscan Point, 12800 Mississippi Parkway, Pavilion U. The open house is to allow LPNs to learn
LAPORTE – Indiana University Health LaPorte Hospital Food and Nutrition Service placed second at the Indiana Hoosier Association for Healthcare Foodservice culinary competition. The three-member team took part in the competition in Fishers last month with their Hidden Chicken Surprise served with a roasted vegetable pasta toss. Members of the team were Diana
CROWN POINT – A 12-bed, 4,210-square-foot newborn intensive care unit has opened at Franciscan St. Anthony. The decision to open the NICU in Crown Point was driven by a growing population in southern Lake County which was increasing the number of births in Crown Point while the number of births at St. Margaret
SOUTH BEND – The Center for Hospice Care on Thursday, March 31, presented Bernie Randall of Granger with its John E. Krueger Hospice Caring Award. Randall has been a CHC volunteer for 11 years. Randall got involved with CHC after he retired from a career in human resources. He spent several hours each week
CROWN POINT – Franciscan St. Anthony Health will host a free program from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, on advance health care planning. The meeting, part of National Healthcare Decisions Day, will be in the Marian Education Center, 1201 S. Main St. Ruth Ann Schaller, a social worker and member of
HAMMOND – Mayor Thomas M. McDermott helped raise more than $2,600 for the St. Baldrick’s fundraiser. Joanna Halinski and her 4-year-old son, Oliver, also took part, helping raise $2,660 to help sick children. “I think it’s great that a child as young as Oliver participated in an event like this,” said McDermott. It’s
MUNSTER – Cardiologists at Community Hospital have announced they are among the first in Northwest Indiana to begin implanting MRI compatible pacemakers in patients. The Medtronic Revo MRI Surescan device is safe for use around or in magnetic resonance imaging equipment. “It has been estimated that up to 50 percent of patients with
MUNSTER – Community Hospital in Munster is one o 200 hospitals nationwide that will participate in a National Cancer Institute-sponsored study to evaluate the cholesterol drug Rosuvastatin (Crestor) as a treatment to reduce the risk of colon cancer. Rosuvastatis is in a class of drugs that lower cholesterol. The study was developed because
