News Archive

Athletic trainers reflect on NFL spotlight: “We train and prepare for events like this”

By now most of us recognize the name Damar Hamlin. We know the Buffalo Bills player suffered a cardiac event last month during a game televised on Monday Night Football. For those of us watching, we collectively held our breath as we watched the swift response by the medical team...

Think of your stomach first to fight respiratory illnesses

Frigid winter weather keeps many of us confined indoors — the perfect breeding ground for respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19, the flu, RSV and the common cold. While vaccinations and safe socializing help protect us, any preventions we take can go a long way in keeping us from an extended...

Beacon will launch remote patient monitoring pilot program

Beginning soon, Beacon Health System will have a new way to continue to care for some patients once they are discharged from the hospital. Together with Boston-based Biofourmis, patients at Elkhart General and Memorial hospitals with congestive heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who meet certain criteria will be...

Memorial Hospital celebrates Starbucks grand opening

Memorial Hospital President Larry Tracy knows it’s important to provide a comfortable and familiar place where people can gather. He considered this heavily while looking for a business partner for a new hospital restaurant. “Most people are coming to us at their worst, and anything we can do to reduce their...

Beacon doctor urges cervical cancer screenings in new campaign

When approached by the American Cancer Society to be Indiana’s expert spokesperson about cervical cancer, its impact on the Black community and the importance of prevention and screening, Dr. Nonyem Onujiogu didn’t hesitate. “It’s the right thing to do,” she said. Dr. Onujiogu, gynecologic oncologist at Beacon Medical Group Women’s Surgical Gynecology/Oncology...

Beacon Medical Group welcomes River Oaks OB/GYN in Elkhart

Beacon Medical Group is pleased to announce that River Oaks OB/GYN in Elkhart will be joining the medical group in February. Together, our healthcare organizations will strengthen their collective expertise in maintaining high-quality obstetrics, newborn and newborn ICU care in our communities. For the past 28 years, River Oaks OB/GYN has provided high-quality services in...

Restaurant Weeks warms hearts with great food and grateful Beacon Children’s patient families

The whirlwind of being admitted to Memorial Hospital’s special care obstetrics unit for sudden preeclampsia and heading into surgery soon after to deliver her baby at only 28 weeks gestation scared first-time mom Sarah Foster. “I felt terrified knowing our baby would be born so tiny and underdeveloped,” Sarah says. “It...