If you are a reporter with the media and need assistance, please visit BJC.org/Media to connect with the media relations team. For afterhours or weekend media needs, call 314-454-6000 and ask the operator to page the media relations team member on call.
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This year’s White Cross Auxiliary event will raise funds for a portable anesthesia machine. It will be from noon-3 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Loading Dock in Grafton. Go HERE for tickets or more information.
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Alton Memorial Hospital is serving as host to a heart screening event in the hospital’s Connector Lobby from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, April 27.
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Zdenka Chytil moved here from Czechoslovakia amidst political upheaval in Eastern Europe. She retires as one of Alton Memorial's beloved staff members.
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Deborah Bross, MD, is the winner of the 2023 Alton Memorial Hospital Chairman’s Award. Dr. Bross won based on nominations submitted by employees and her fellow physicians.
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Dr. Deborah Bross is the 2023 Alton Memorial Hospital Chairman’s Award winner, but AMH is also honoring several other physicians and health care professionals for their work this year.
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The next American Red Cross blood drive at Alton Memorial Hospital will be from 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, in the AMH café meeting rooms. To register, go HERE or contact Dave Whaley in Communications at Alton Memorial, 618-433-7947 or [email protected].
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Alton Memorial Hospital began lung cancer screenings in 2021. In 2022, one of those screenings may have saved John Murphy’s life.
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Like many expectant moms, Samantha Hausman, 27, of Grafton, IL, had certain ideals for her first labor and delivery experience, including how she planned to feed her baby.
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It’s been a long and painful road for Denedra Allen, but thanks to BJC Medical Group orthopedic surgeon Dr. Aaron Omotola at Alton Memorial Hospital, the physical pain is mostly gone.
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Alton Memorial Hospital is among the first ambulance services in the region to carry “leave-behind” Narcan for patients as well as patients’ families when responding to an overdose call.
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