Health

Marshall, Mo.

As Fitzgibbon Hospital continues to navigate the economic headwinds that are impacting healthcare, especially for rural hospitals today, the organization’s leadership has continued to leverage every opportunity to move the organization forward.

While the impending fall brings thoughts of orange, red and bronze as the leaves begin to change, it also brings thoughts of the color pink, which is synonymous with Breast Cancer Awareness activities.

“Double the giggles, double the grins, double the trouble when you’re blessed with twins!”This whimsical rhyme is appropriate for the Rev.

Healthcare delivery is more than just direct patient care, as hospitals focus on the prevention and spread of illness through the efforts of a “workhorse” department known as Environmental Services.Environmental Services, or EVS, provides cleaning and care of the hospital facility through as systematic approach that prevents the spread of disease.

Fitzgibbon Rehabilitation Services has unveiled a new treatment program for children who have been screened for dyslexia, a learning disorder affecting the way children (and adults) see and read words.

People who are grieving the loss of a loved one, a marriage, a beloved pet or many other types of losses have a readily available program to help them move to a better place in their grief, thanks to Fitzgibbon Hospital’s Grief Recovery Program, which is made possible by the Fitzgibbon Home Health and Hospice Memorial Fund.

In 1991, or 33 years ago, it was an exciting time for our community.