Hospitals Of Southwestern Illinois
New medical building progressing on Alton Memorial Campus
Construction of a new Medical Office Building on the Alton Memorial Hospital is progressing, with the building scheduled to open for business in May 2018. The new building will connect to the current Medical Office Building B. The $8 million project will add 41,000 square feet of new office space (on two floors) to…
Read MoreAnderson Hospital opens cancer care center with Mercy of St. Louis
After nearly a year’s worth of work, the Anderson Mercy Cancer Care is open for business. In September 2016, Anderson began providing cancer care services through a partnership with Mercy Hospital in St. Louis called Anderson Mercy Cancer Care. Installation of a new, state-of-the-art linear accelerator was completed in March of this year. A…
Read MoreMedical building opens on Memorial Hospital campus; second planned
The first of two medical office buildings planned for the campus of Memorial Hospital East in Shiloh opened recently nearly one year after ground was broken for the new three-story, 70,500-square-foot building. The $25 million Medical Office Building is located on the eastern portion of the 94-acre campus and houses the following physician…
Read MoreGateway Regional surgeons team to prevent diabetic amputations
By ALAN J. ORTBALS When it comes to diabetes, an ounce of prevention really is worth a pound of cure, according to Dana Dalton, chief nursing officer at Gateway Regional Medical Center in Granite City. Dalton, who has a doctorate in health care system leadership, came to Gateway from a hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C. two…
Read MoreOR at new HSHS St Elizabeth’s Hospital one of the most advanced in the Midwest
By ALAN J. ORTBALS When the doors opened on the new HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in O’Fallon, Ill. on Nov. 4, surgeons moved into one of the most advanced surgical suites in the region. “I am excited and the other surgeons that I’ve spoken with over the course of the past several months about the…
Read MoreOSF Saint Anthony’s progressing to new model of health care
ALTON – To meet the needs of residents in the Riverbend region, OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony’s Health Center is progressing to a new model of health care that provides timely, convenient care with streamlined processes. “We partnered with Cornerstone Companies to build a new OSF PromptCare and physicians’ offices in Godfrey,” said David Wells,…
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