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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.
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.
Zdenka Chytil moved here from Czechoslovakia amidst political upheaval in Eastern Europe. She retires as one of Alton Memorial's beloved staff members.
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.
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.
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].
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.
Thanks to a successful grant request, the Women’s Health and Childbirth Center at Alton Memorial Hospital received more than $73,000 this year to help make sure that pregnant and postpartum women facing health inequities due to social and economic factors receive the help they need. Kathy Alford-Spitze is the peer recovery specialist added to the staff.
The annual Domestic Violence Memorial Service was held at Alton Memorial Hospital on Nov. 8, attended by approximately 60 people from the community.
Susie Young of Alton Memorial Hospital Case Management is back at work after a heart attack suffered in her home last Halloween season. She is grateful to medical professionals as well as her co-workers for all the help she has received.