Michigan City Joy Elementary School students pay 50 cents to wear jeans to school on the first and third Fridays of month, to help raise funds for community causes. In just two of those days, they raised $212 that was donated on Nov. 13 to Franciscan...
Read MoreDoctor’s Advice: “I Get a Shot to Protect You, So Get Yours, Too.”
Yes - once again - the topic is vaccines. But this time I am not speaking about you or your children getting a flu vaccine – I am talking about my annual "poke." And it is not just me getting my annual influenza vaccine. All of us working at...
Read MoreRespiratory Therapists Do the Giving During ‘Their’ Week
In honor of national Respiratory Care Week, October 21-27, the respiratory team at Franciscan St. Anthony Health - Crown Point decided to give back to the community by collecting money to purchase 12 home nebulizers for use by clients of St. Clare...
Read MoreFranciscan St. Anthony Health EMS Academy Offers EMT-Paramedic Training Program
The Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Emergency Medical Services Academy will offer its next emergency medical technician-paramedic training program starting Sept. 11. Applications for the 18-month course will be accepted until 4 p.m. Aug. 1 and...
Read MoreFireworks: It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Hurt
Independence Day celebrations continue throughout this week! Warm weather, parades, and cookouts are all ways to celebrate the 4th of July. But, what truly stamps a trademark on this tradition are the fireworks. While mesmerizing and exciting,...
Read MoreFranciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City Honors Dr. Minesh Patel with St. Luke Award
Minesh Patel, M.D., a board-certified, internal medicine specialist, who has been in practice and with Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City since 1993, recently received the hospital’s St. Luke Award, which is presented annually to...
Read MoreFranciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City Awarded an “A” for Patient Safety
Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City was honored with an “A” Hospital Safety ScoreSM by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits. The Hospital Safety ScoreSM was...
Read MoreWhat Good Will It Do Me to Quit Smoking Now?
Over the past few months we have talked about different topics related to heart disease. Smoking cessation may not come to everyone's mind. We always relate smoking to lung problems, but in this month's blog post you may start to think otherwise. You...
Read MoreStudent Robotics Team Members Get to Test Drive Franciscan St. Anthony Health’s da Vinci Robot
Fresh from a successful showing in international competition, the first-year Michigan City Wild Wild Wolves 3936 student robotics team was rewarded with a visit to Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City on May 10, during which members received a...
Read MoreSometimes Meat and Potatoes Just Don’t Play Well Together
Submitted by Lori Granich, RD, Clinical Dietitian at the Midwest Bariatric Institute There are thousands of bacteria naturally present in our environment. Not all bacteria are harmful; in fact, some are used beneficially in foods such as yogurt....
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