Lifestyles

Last fall, Program Manager Sabrina Selve, Employment Consultant Kyleigh Hardin and Benefits Specialist Laura Sima from the Employment Services Department at the Center for Human Services were selected for the national Emerging Leaders in Employment Services program offered by the National Association of People Supporting Employment (APSE)...

Fitzgibbon Hospital is shedding light – literally – in its constant fight against viruses, germs and disease, with its recent purchase of a UVDI-360 Room Sanitizing light. The purchase was made possible, in part, due to a SafetySMARTS safety grant from Missouri Employers Mutual insurance company. The UV light means faster turnover of patient rooms with increased protections for environmental services staff who are called upon to disinfect rooms before being available for new patients...

Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces Major Lance M. MacLaughlin is being promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel effective Jan. 1, 2021, and will serve as the assistant superintendent. In addition to acting in the superintendent’s absence and at his request, Lt. Col. MacLaughlin has direct oversight over the Professional Standards Division, Public Information and Education Division, and the Patrol's legal counsel...

This year has been full of uncertainty, twists and turns, and struggle for everyone. But imagine you are battling cancer on top of everything else. For Jeff Bergstrom, general manager of Marshall Municipal Utilities, he did just that. Bergstrom rang the bell following successful cancer treatments at the Fitzgibbon Community Cancer Center this November, something he says was the end of an overwhelming journey. ...

“All will concede that in order to have good neighbors, we must also be good neighbors. That applies in every field of human endeavor.” That quote from former United States President Harry Truman still lives large today. In fact, a neighborly act by a Kansas City metro hospital named in Harry S Truman’s honor recently helped provide life-saving equipment for a patient at Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall. ...

It was a match made in heaven … literally. Cindy Eagle, marketing graphic designer and nursing administrative assistant at Fitzgibbon Hospital, learned last year she was a “perfect match” for her brother, who was in need of a life-saving kidney transplant. After more than a year of testing and preparation, Cindy was able to give her brother that ultimate gift. And she did so without hesitation...

Fitzgibbon Hospital launched its capital campaign earlier this fall to raise funds to replace its linear accelerator, the cornerstone piece of radiation therapy equipment used to deliver lifesaving cancer treatment in the Fitzgibbon Community Cancer Center. ...