The fall and winter months can be tough on backs when many of us are outdoors doing chores like raking leaves and shoveling snow. At some point in our lives, most of us -- 84 percent, in fact -- will experience back pain. And while the...
Last week, a Miraculous Medal Ceremony took place at Memorial Hospital of South Bend to inspire the construction team to complete the new Memorial Patient Tower safely. The ceremony and medal tossing into the fresh concrete is a long-standing tradition for The Walsh Group at the...
[caption id="attachment_53510" align="alignright" width="480"] Lee Erdman (left), a South Bend Saint Joseph High School senior, Dr. Rajalakshmy Sundararajan, Emergency Medicine, and Dr. Scott Thomas, Emergency Medicine and Chief of Trauma Services, pose with their award-winning poster.[/caption] Award-winning and internationally recognized trauma center research led by Beacon...
[caption id="attachment_53489" align="alignright" width="426"] Credit: Laura Ault Photography[/caption] Drew Strasser, a healthy, athletic high school senior, was at tennis practice at his high school when he collapsed, no longer breathing. Practice had been indoors that day, a small detail that may well have saved Drew’s life. That’s...
When Rebecca Rodriguez reflects on her battle against breast cancer, a particular memory stands out. She was at Elkhart General Hospital, waiting to be called back for one of her radiation therapy sessions. There was a young woman, she said, maybe in her early 20s, in the...
[caption id="attachment_53420" align="alignleft" width="316"] Al Hartman stands behind his mother, sisters and brother at his retirement party.[/caption] The most memorable moment of Al Hartman’s 42-plus years at Elkhart General Hospital? “Right now,” he said during his retirement party when coworkers surprised him with some very special visitors...
Beacon Health is dedicated to giving individuals the care they need, when they need it. To ensure we can fulfill that promise in the event of a mass-casualty emergency situation in our community, preparation, training and coordination with other local agencies is key. Months of planning and...
[caption id="attachment_53271" align="alignleft" width="370"] Marian Emery[/caption] Last fall, Marian Emery underwent her routine mammogram, just as she does every year. This time, however, the radiologist identified something warranting a six-month follow-up study, as opposed to another year. Six months later, the area of concern was still there....
[caption id="attachment_53256" align="alignleft" width="319"] Olivia Parker[/caption] It meant everything to Kaitlyn Parker, and her husband, Kyle, to watch their children last week having fun as they dressed up in Halloween costumes. And that’s because the past few months have been really hard on their entire family, watching...
[caption id="attachment_53186" align="alignright" width="344"] Donna Gordon[/caption] With five grandchildren between the ages of four weeks old and 11 years old, Donna Gordon needed plenty of energy – and the ability to move around. Unfortunately, her right knee did not always cooperate. “I have these wonderful grandchildren, but...
