Angela Zavesky, a registered nurse in the Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City Medical-Surgical unit, receives the hospital’s 2014 St. Camillus Award from Anil Chawla, M.D., during a general medical staff meeting in May. The award, which has...
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Hospital’s St. Luke Award Winner ‘A Role Model’ for Staff
Neil Malhotra, M.D., an Emergency Department physician at Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City, accepts the hospital’s 2014 St. Luke Award from Trish Weber, vice president of operations and chief nursing officer, during a general medical...
Are You Ready to be a Quitter?: Smokers Who Want to Kick the Habit Invited to Learn How
Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City is joining with the American Lung Association in presenting a series of smoking cessation classes. Starting at 10:30 a.m. to noon May 20 and continuing on May 27 and June 3, 10, 12, 17 and 24, the hospital...
Franciscan St. Margaret Health-Dyer: Staff, Physicians Receive Preview of New Da Vinci Robot Surgical Suite
Franciscan St. Margaret Health-Dyer staff and physicians received a construction update and preview May 14 of a new, 720-square-foot advanced surgical suite that will house the hospital’s existing da Vinci Si Surgical System, which consists of a...
Employees Honored for Longtime Service, Community Commitment
Kevin Elkins and Virginia Dobrzeniecki are special to Franciscan St. Margaret Health in similar and varying ways. Both recently were honored at an annual employee recognition banquet for those who have served the Dyer and Hammond hospital campuses...
Early Mobility Program Gets ICU Patients up and around Sooner, Helps Speed Recovery
Brooke Nack, a physical therapist with the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago at Franciscan St. Anthony-Crown Point, wears a white button that has a red anti-sign through the words, Bed Rest. The reference celebrates a recently implemented Intensive...
Franciscan Senior Promise Program Offers Information, Education and Fun for Members
The Franciscan Senior Promise club was formed at Franciscan St. Margaret Health in the fall of 2011 to help provide people aged 55 and older up-to-date information on health issues and on how to make healthy life style choices. It also offers...
Students’ Effort Will Bring Comfort to Children in Emergency Department
Members of the Trinity Lutheran School Junior National Honor Society in Crown Point, along with their moderator, Christine Miller recently donated 135 new stuffed animals to the Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Point Emergency Department as part...
‘Compassionate’ NICU Nurse Receives 2014 Nightingale Award
Patti Pirkle, R.N. (left), a 34-year Neonatal Intensive Care Unit nurse who has been with Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Point since 2011, after starting her career at Franciscan St. Margaret Health-Hammond, receives an honorary pin as part of...
Bill Beven Chosen Hospital’s May 2014 Ambassador of the Month
Bill Beven, director of maintenance and plant operations, is the May Ambassador of the Month for Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City. The award, which has been ongoing since 1988, is presented by the hospital’s Social and Recognition...