Home Health and Hospice of Dickinson County is offering a Bereavement Support Group monthly in Herington. The next class will be on Tuesday, January 21, at 6:00 p.m. These classes are held at the Home Health and Hospice office, 11 N. Broadway, Herington. Chris McKee, LSCSW, Bereavement Counselor, serves as the group facilitator. These gatherings […]
MHS Respiratory Care Director, Eric Kohn will retire today, Monday, January 13, 2020. After a thirty-seven year career in respiratory therapy, Kohn is ready to move on to other things. “I am sure my wife, Debra, will have a list of honey do’s for me,” Kohn said with a smile. “I have also signed up […]
The February Monthly Board of Director’s (BOD) Meeting of Memorial Health System will be Tuesday, February 4, beginning at 12:30 p.m. in the 2nd Floor BOD Room of Memorial Hospital.
Jeff Sanborn, Memorial Health System (MHS) Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Director, will be the guest speaker at the next Healthwise 55 luncheon. He will speak on the topic of “Aquatics Therapy”. The event will be on Thursday, January 16, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Nichols Education Center (lower level of the child care […]
Congratulations to Allison Kohls and Matthew Ebright who delivered the first baby in 2020 at Memorial Hospital in Abilene. Evelyn Renae Ebright was born on Thursday, January 2, 2020, at 11:14 a.m., in the Birthing Center at Memorial Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces and was 20 inches long. The family received a newborn […]
Memorial Health System is announcing that visitation is restricted at Memorial Hospital in Abilene for patient and visitor protection due to the prevalence of illness in the community. Memorial Hospital has restricted visitation to immediate family members only. Immediate family members should not visit if they are feeling ill or have had close contact with […]
Employees of Memorial Health System (MHS) recently wore blue jeans at work for another “Jeans Day” fundraiser. Employees who made a donation of at least $5 were allowed to wear blue jeans on a Friday in December. The day was organized by the MHS Employer of Choice (EOC) committee. A total donation of $235 was […]
The Solomon Presbyterian ladies group made a donation of small, table-top sized Christmas trees to Memorial Hospital in Abilene the week before Christmas. The group of woman decorated the trees for the season, which were placed in the patient rooms at the hospital along with greeting cards they made. This is the second consecutive year […]
The Memorial Health System Volunteer Corps (MHSVC) Craft Committee recently donated 55 handmade cot sheets to Learn and Grow Depot / Abilene Childcare Learing Center in Abilene. Joan Marshall and Nola Mae Jaderborg, of the MHSVC, created the cot sheets made of a cotton material with elastic corners and ties in the center. The MHSVC […]
Cooper Holloway, of Abilene, continues to help comfort children at medical facilities with his “Cooper’s Care Cases”. Cooper recently donated another 225 “cases” (draw-string bags) to Memorial Hospital in Abilene. They will be given to children who are patients in the Emergency Department, Laboratory, Radiology, Inpatient Unit, and Heartland Health Care Clinic. Cooper had help […]
