Archives for Jeff Parrott

Federal strike team helps Memorial Hospital care for patients in Emergency Department

While local health officials are reporting improvement in the number of COVID-19 infections in the community, and a possible corner turned in the latest surge, a federal strike team of medical professionals is helping to ease the burden of front-line caregivers at Memorial Hospital. The 10-member team of U.S. Public Health...

Memorial, Elkhart General seek compassion in police, security applicants

Memorial Hospital security officer Ron Goze was on an early morning mobile patrol, checking on Beacon Health System properties around downtown South Bend, when he saw a man sprawled across a set of stairs near an alley. The man appeared to be dead, prompting Goze to call 911. As a former...

Two of a kind: Beacon Medical Group associates discover new bond

Through her work in coding at Beacon Medical Group’s Maternal Fetal Medicine office, Nicole Frantz had seen how a genetic counselor often recommended DNA-testing firms to women seeking genetic information to help with their pregnancies. Frantz in 2016 asked the counselor to recommend a service for her to try. Frantz wasn’t...