Dr. Donald Zimmer, Memorial Hospital emergency medicine physician, appeared live Tuesday night on CNN to talk about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our Beacon Health System hospitals, our staff and our community. Watch the CNN segment below. https://vimeo.com/659157383/8a2f816f74...
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South Bend Medical Foundation has finalized an agreement with Beacon Health System that will allow the pathology laboratory, blood donor center and administrative offices to relocate to a centralized location on Douglas Road in South Bend. Renovations will start in the weeks ahead and South...
https://youtu.be/OZvXnV6tV2I Dr. Jason Marker, Associate Director Memorial Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program It’s that time of year again when families in my practice are asking me questions about how to sort out the major differences between the common cold, COVID-19, RSV, allergies and even influenza. So we're going...
As we enter our second pandemic holiday season, many of us are asking ourselves what we can do to protect ourselves and others as we gather with others to celebrate. COVID cases are on the rise, not just here at our Beacon hospitals, but in...
Tim Weiss thrives on his interactions with patients as a long-time courier driver at Beacon. His exchanges with customers go well beyond his dropping medications at their door. Weiss has brought in mail, walked customers’ pets and delivered medications during snow storms and after hours. He’s...
Paragon Clinics has reached its 10-year anniversary of partnering with St. Joseph County and offering thousands of employees and their families access to high-quality, personalized and convenient medical care from Beacon Health System. Paragon began offering onsite primary care clinics and wellness solutions for the workplace...
[caption id="attachment_46618" align="alignleft" width="408"] Exterior of the future Surgery Center of Granger. Rendering courtesy of Panzica Building Corporation.[/caption] Beacon Health System and the Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Center (OSMC) are collaborating on a new $15.1 million ambulatory surgery center that will be constructed west of Beacon...
Rachel Manthey, a Nursing Assistant in the Intermediate Care Center at Elkhart General Hospital, is working toward her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Indiana University South Bend. She is a 2021 Beacon Health Foundation Nursing Scholarship recipient. It has been difficult and amazing at the...
