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Get the door, the doctor’s here

Virtual visits allow patients to interact with their health care provider from the safety of their homes, away from the silent, invisible threat of the virus in the outside world. Blessing Health System providers have conducted hundreds of these high-tech visits each business day of the pandemic.

First COVID-19 Related Death at Blessing Hospital

Today, Sunday, April 19, the first death of an area resident who died of medical conditions complicated by COVID-19 occurred at Blessing Hospital. The individual is a resident of Lewis County, MO and a person in their 80’s to 90’s.

Community Foundation Donates $10,000 to Community Spirit Fund

Community Foundation Donates $10,000 to Community Spirit Fund to assist individuals, families during COVID-19 crisis

Finding The Best In These Times

Each of us is doing what we can to deal with the worst aspects of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. I wish to focus on “the best” in this time - the courage and the empathy of those who chose healthcare as their life’s work; either as a direct care provider or a support services provider.

Four Positive COVID-19 Cases Announced In Adams County

Adams County Health Department is announcing four new cases of COVID19 today (April 5, 2020.) None of the newly announced cases have any epidemiological linkages to one another nor to any previously announced cases. 

Learning the lessons of a pandemic, from Maureen Kahn

Learning the lessons of a pandemic, from Maureen Kahn, President/CEO, Blessing Health System

Third Confirmed Case of COVID-19 Reported In Adams County

On April, 3, 2020, The Adams County Health Department announced a new case of COVID-19 in Adams County.

Blessing Foundation Launches Community Spirit Fund

Quincy Area EMS Calls For Return To Service

IDPH and Quincy Area EMS are calling on any person who has an expired Illinois EMS License to volunteer to come back and serve as an EMS provider during this time of need.

State-of-the-art testing system now online in Blessing Hospital Laboratory

Blessing Hospital has purchased and installed a “BioFire®” testing system in its laboratory. BioFire® allows for in-house testing of twenty-one common viral and bacterial respiratory pathogens in less than an hour. The BioFire® platform has received FDA approval for COVID-19 testing and Blessing Hospital Laboratory will implement the test immediately upon receipt of the test kits from the company.