The Junior Volunteer program at HSHS St. Francis Hospital again will offer service opportunities to area teens this summer.

Doctors' Day is celebrated on March 30 each year.

Doctors dedicate their lives to the care of others, bringing hope and healing that only doctors can.  These extraordinary individuals reach out to bring comfort to patients and families each day. It is  for this reason that the HSHS St. Francis Foundation is taking a day to say a special “thank you”  for their dedication and sacrifice.

The following individuals have honored and recognized physicians for Doctors' Day 2017.
 
 

The HSHS St. Francis Hospital Auxiliary offers two scholarship awards to students whose principal residences are in Montgomery or Macoupin counties.  The Auxiliary’s Memorial Scholarship for Continuing Medical Education is awarded to eligible applicants currently pursuing degrees or diplomas in health-related occupations. Two awards of $1,000 are given. Award recipient selections are based on the information contained in the required documentation and in personal interviews. Financial need is also a consideration for one of the awards.

On March 3, 2017, HSHS St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield started offering chemotherapy treatments to patients in its new Cancer Care Center.

A basic life support course is available at HSHS St. Francis. Health care providers/students interested in completing the course can contact Aryn Hunter, RN, nursing educator at the hospital for details. Email Aryn.Hunter@HSHS.org or (217) 324-8437.

HSHS St. Francis Hospital held a blessing of its all new Cancer Care Center on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. Monsignor Kenneth Steffen, hospital chaplain, presided at the event. Joanne Van Leer, director of radiology and mission at the hospital assisted.