Mercy Medical Teams seek volunteers

Volunteers are needed to staff five Mercy Medical Teams that will serve in Madagascar, the Dominican Republic, Kenya and Kyrgyzstan in 2014.

http://blogs.lcms.org/2013/medical-teams-volunteers

OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Recognized Again for Nursing Excellence

OSF Saint Francis Medical Center and Children's Hospital of Illinois have been designated a Magnet hospital for the third time by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Magnet Recognition ProgramA for excellence in nursing services.

http://www.legalrecord.net/state-news/8225-osf-saint-francis-medical-center-recognized-again-for-nursing-excellence.html

Magdalene E. 'Madge' Gustin

She was born Aug. 23, 1920, in Eudora to Albert and Clara Grosdidier. She was a 1937 graduate of Eudora High School, a 1941 graduate of St. Margaret Hospital School of Nursing and received her Kansas registered nurse certification in 1941.

http://www.hdnews.net/obituaries/Magdalene-E---Madge--Gustin

Mercy Ships Receives $2 Million Grant from The Rees-Jones Foundation

The Rees-Jones Foundation Grant will help build a new Mercy Ship so even more patients will be served, like this man, ecstatic after a free Mercy Ships operation restored his sight! We are extremely pleased to have the continuing leadership and support of The Rees-Jones Foundation.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013-12/Rees-Jones-Foundation/prweb11446560.htm

Insulting the communitya s intelligence

... reminders of how awesome our community EMS, Fire Departments, law enforcement and hospital staff (i.e. admitting, nursing and practitioners) are, I missed the latest misconstruing of our infamous hospital CEO. History is more than pictures and lip ...

http://www.gazette-tribune.com/letters/insulting-the-communitys-intelligence/66569/

A total artificial heart gives Beaumont man new hope

Perry Stanley had end-stage heart failure, so doctors replaced his heart with the Total Artificial Heart , manufactured by SynCardia Systems Inc. The TAH replaces both failing heart ventricles and the four native heart valves.

http://www.chron.com/news/health/article/A-total-artificial-heart-gives-Beaumont-man-new-5094334.php

Stroud News and Journal: (l to r) Jane Pilbeam, Sophie Harrison and Rachael Hall meet Prince Charles

The Prince, who is patron of the Minchinhampton-based charity, met patients, carers, staff and volunteers during the visit last week.

http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/10898506.Prince_Charles_brings_festive_joy_to_Cotswold_Care_Hospice/?ref=var_0