Wheelchair race, other new events, happening on Aug. 8 at Sunburst Races in Granger

Splash pads. Community pools. Public parks and playgrounds. Many of these spaces created for children are limited in their ability to accommodate children with physical handicaps. Teeter-totters, slides and most swings are not tailored for children like 4-year-old Royce Purser, who lives with a permanent birth defect. “We have worked very...

Elkhart General Hospital receives reverification as Level III trauma center by American College of Surgeons

Elkhart General Hospital has been reverified as a Level III trauma center through 2023 by the Verification Review Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons. The hospital cared for nearly 650 trauma patients last year during the pandemic. Established by the American College of Surgeons in 1987, the Consultation/Verification...

Beacon Health System demonstrates commitment to providing safest environment for patients, associates and community

Beacon Health System today announced that it will require everyone employed by the health system or regularly working at a Beacon facility to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by October 1, 2021. As a healthcare leader, Beacon Health System believes it is important to demonstrate a commitment to delivering outstanding care...

Memorial Hospital marks 10 years of treating behavioral health patients at Epworth Center and Hospital

In early 2011, Memorial Hospital pledged to provide psychiatric services and care at the former Madison Center properties on Niles Avenue near downtown South Bend. One of the biggest changes and challenges in the last 10 years has been the growing number of adults and teenagers seeking mental health treatment...

Medical Minute: How dangerous is the Delta variant?

“It’s probably already here and present in our community or it will be here soon,” Dr. Dale Patterson, Memorial Hospital Vice President of Medical Affairs, says of the Delta variant of COVID-19. The CDC reports that the variant now accounts for about one in four Coronavirus cases in the U.S. How...

Beacon plans two-phase outpatient center in downtown Mishawaka

Beacon Health System has announced a $12.5 million investment in the first phase of an outpatient center planned on the northeast corner of Lincoln Way East and Church Street in Mishawaka. The center will be located across from the Mishawaka Public Library. The 16,500-square-foot facility, located in the immediate downtown Mishawaka...

COVID-19 vaccines are now available at Beacon Medical Group locations

Patients of 15 Beacon Medical Group primary care locations in Elkhart, LaPorte, St. Joseph and Berrien (MI) counties may now receive a COVID-19 vaccination by appointment at their doctors’ office. In addition, community members and patients may schedule a Pfizer vaccine at Beacon Medical Group Main Street , 6913 N. Main...

Beacon nurses recognized for their work during COVID with South Bend Community Schools

Throughout the pandemic, Page Dewald has usually been the first staff member at Washington High School to address possible COVID-19 infections and provide support to these students and their families. She produced weekly updates and safety tips to staff and students, provided nutritional guidelines for immune system boosting, kept everyone...

Medical Minute: What are the chances you’ll get COVID after being fully vaccinated?

If you or someone you know is hesitant to get the COVID vaccine, we hope you’ll take the next 58 seconds to listen to and help us spread this message. The good news is COVID hospitalizations are down across our region. But so are vaccination rates. None of us want another...

Medical Minute: Addressing inflammatory skin conditions for people of color

Evelin Keultjes, Dermatology Nurse Practitioner at Beacon Medical Group Goshen, explains why it is especially important for people of color to have inflammatory skin irritations and rashes checked out sooner rather than later. https://youtu.be/wviRpRLG8rQ For today's Medical Minute, I would like to discuss inflammatory skin conditions in patients in color. Inflammatory skin conditions,...