Category Archives: DMH News
Mobile Museum of Tolerance makes first stop in Decatur at AACGS
June 19, 2023 - The Mobile Museum of Tolerance (MMOT) is in Decatur this week, using innovative technology and interactive lessons to teach messages of tolerance to communities across Illinois. The mo...
Jun 19, 2023
DMH employees package food boxes for National Community Health Improvement Week
June 12, 2023 - Decatur Memorial Hospital colleagues celebrated National Community Health Improvement Week by assembling food boxes at Northeast Community Fund (NECF). Groups of 10 volunteers from Mem...
Jun 12, 2023
Memorial Health pledges $4 Million to Illinois College to expand nursing program
June 7, 2023 -Memorial Health and Illinois College have announced a partnership aimed at relieving the long-term regional nursing shortage by expanding capacity in the college's nursing program. Memor...
Jun 07, 2023
LISTEN: Sonja Chargois of DMH on Byers & Co.
June 7, 2023 - DMH's Sonja Chargois joined Byers & Co. to talk about Community Health Improvement Week and upcoming partnerships to increase food access. Listen to the podcast now!
Jun 07, 2023
Cheryl Hodgson named May Colleague of the Month for Decatur Memorial Hospital
June 7, 2023 - Cheryl Hodgson, RN, with Pediatric Nursing Service at Decatur Memorial Hospital, is the nonprofit hospital's Colleague of the Month for May. The mother of one of Hodgson's patients rave...
Jun 07, 2023
Cancer survivors honored at 36th annual Cancer Survivors Day at Fairview Park
May 22, 2023 - Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois, Decatur Memorial Hospital and HSHS St. Mary's Hospital hosted their 36th annual National Cancer Survivors Day Sunday. The event, which takes place n...
Jun 04, 2023
Baker Named April Colleague of the Month for Decatur Memorial Hospital
May 10, 2023 - Erma Baker, a phlebotomist and lab assistant in the Laboratory at Decatur Memorial Hospital, is the nonprofit hospital's Colleague of the Month for April. Patients who require blood wor...
May 10, 2023
LISTEN: DMH's Dr. Dold discusses stoke awareness on Byers & Co
May 3, 2023 - Dr. Oliver Dold of DMH joined Byers & Co to talk about National Stroke Awareness Month plus prevention, signs, symptoms, and treatments of strokes. Listen to the podcast now! May is ...
May 03, 2023
Decatur Memorial to hold stroke awareness session for the public
May 2, 2023 - May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and Decatur Memorial Hospital will host an educational session on stroke awareness for the public. Oliver Dold, MD, will present "Fundamentals of ...
May 02, 2023
Volunteer Quilters Sew Fidget Blankets for Hospital Patients
April 25, 2023 - Longtime volunteers with Taylorville Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Quilters recently took on a new challenge and sewed fidget blankets for hospital patients. Fidget blankets provide sen...
Apr 25, 2023