Becky Wachs, Certified Child Life Specialist at Beacon Children’s Hospital, offers advice — as well as hands-on demonstrations — for parents of children who are afraid of people wearing masks. With her daughters, Isla, 9, and Penny, 7, Becky shows parents how they can normalize mask wearing with a facial
Ministering to bodies and souls of cancer patients challenging during pandemic (South Bend Tribune, May 4) Beacon Health’s mobile clinic tests hundreds for Coronavirus (WNDU, May 4) Re-entering public safety spaces safely ahead of Indiana reopening (WNDU, May 3)
Dr. Kate Callaghan, Chief Resident, Memorial Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, talks about the success of Beacon Health System’s mobile COVID-19 testing clinic. To ensure that testing was available to the most vulnerable populations across the region, Beacon launched a mobile testing clinic in April. More than 700 patients were
As restrictions are relaxed and non-essential businesses start to reopen, Dr. Luke White, Beacon Medical Group critical care and pulmonary specialist, discusses the importance of re-entering public spaces safely. While our region of Indiana is still seeing an uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases, Dr. White encourages community members
Dr. Jose Luis Lopez, Medical Director of Beacon’s Stroke Program, offers reassurance for people who need medical treatment for such life-threatening conditions as stroke. Understanding some people may feel angst during the pandemic, our Beacon emergency departments are ready for patients seeking treatment and care when they need it most.
Dr. Dale Patterson, Memorial’s vice president of medical affairs, talks about how Beacon Health System is easing into more surgeries following weeks of restrictions. Patterson describes what patients scheduled for surgery need to know before they arrive, as well as the measures our facilities have in place to keep them
St. Joseph County reports coronavirus cases, announces mobile testing site (WSBT, April 28) COVID-19 causing changes to cancer care (WNDU, April 27) St. Joseph County begins counting ‘clinical coronavirus’ deaths; Beacon announces schedule (South Bend Tribune, April 27) Beacon announces mobile COVID-19 testing sites (WNDU, April 27) Beacon Health releases
“The way we think about things leads to the way we feel about things.” Adapting your mindset can make a difference every day, but especially in the middle of uncertainty. A lack of calmness can impact both our body and mind. Beacon’s Certified Professional Coach Kimberlie Warren says reframing our
First responders from around Elkhart County conducted a Lights & Sirens procession around Elkhart General Hospital to honor our team members last Thursday. More than 60 vehicles carrying off-duty police, fire and EMS teams, along with Emergency Management and other Elkhart County departments, thanked our healthcare heroes by circling the
