By the time she retired after 23 years as a registered nurse and critical care case manager at Elkhart General Hospital, Joyce Hislope had become a vital part of the hospital’s care team. [caption id="attachment_48400" align="alignright" width="358"] Noel and Joyce Hislope[/caption] For the past five years since...
[caption id="attachment_48385" align="alignright" width="413"] Ukrainian immigrant Olga Ustymchuk, an anesthesia technician at Memorial Hospital, left, and Debra Thompson, Memorial's executive director for surgical services, push carts of supplies that Beacon is donating to Slavic Baptist Church in Elkhart. The church plans to fly the supplies...
[caption id="attachment_48319" align="alignright" width="365"] Elizabeth Kuntz, registered nurse in Memorial Hospital's Emergency Department. Kuntz says participating in the hospital's Mini-Medical University for Teens when she was 16 helped prepare her well for a job she loves.[/caption] When Elizabeth Kuntz attended Saint Joseph High School in South...
[caption id="attachment_48189" align="alignright" width="300"] Darice Ruth[/caption] As patient service representative for speech diagnostics at Memorial Hospital, Darice Ruth is part of a team that helps patients find their voice. Many of the patients have received treatment for cancers in the head and neck areas, affecting the larynx,...
Sometimes we can do things for others that seem small to us but are huge to those we do them for. On a recent Friday morning, Brenda Clanton had just learned she had tested positive for COVID-19. The 68-year-old Niles woman was grateful to Dr. Chris...
[caption id="attachment_47926" align="alignright" width="300"] Dr. Janel Charlton, MD, senior associate director, Beacon Medical Group's E. Blair Warner Family Medicine Center.[/caption] As he nears completion of his three-year Memorial Family Medicine Residency program, Dr. Michael Keller has spent a lot of his time caring for South Bend’s...
[caption id="attachment_48156" align="alignright" width="300"] Chekesha Donaldson[/caption] Whether she is reconciling staff credit card purchases, planning managers’ travel to conferences, crafting a monthly newsletter, ordering supplies or organizing new associate breakfasts, Chekesha Donaldson says much of what she does daily at Memorial Hospital is “behind the scenes.” She...
As Rev. Sarah Samson makes her way around Memorial Hospital of South Bend, she carries a tool important to her role as a hospital chaplain: candy bars. Each fun-sized Hershey or Crunch bar has a joke written on it. But not just any joke. A dad...
Indiana Landmarks is planning to move a 92-year-old historic home located near Memorial Hospital of South Bend to the Chapin Park National Register District. The structure most recently served as the home to the Junior League of South Bend. South Bend-based Lykowski Construction will be...
To address the nursing shortage that our community is facing, Beacon Health System and Ivy Tech Community College are collaborating to create the Beacon Scholar Program. This program will offer financial support to Ivy Tech Associate of Science in Nursing students by covering the cost...
