When people think of their overall health, the gallbladder is not typically something that comes to mind. In fact, most of the time the gallbladder is forgotten about altogether – but the gallbladder plays an important role in our overall health says OSF HealthCare. Dr. Andrei Froehling, a general surgeon with OSF St. Mary Medical Center, says the gallbladder helps digest fatty foods. "The most common sign or symptom of having issues with your gallbladder is whenever you eat fatty foods, or sometimes just any foods, you can start to experience pain a couple minutes afterwards in the right upper side of your belly. Sometimes it goes up to your right shoulder as well." "Sometimes the myriad of issues with the gallbladder can present atypically," he adds. "Sometimes the pain is more upper rather than just to the right side. People can also experience pain going to their back, which could be a sign of a gallstone actually falling into the main biliary system and
The largest healthcare provider in the region has announced a new administrator for two local hospitals. OSF Healthcare announced Tuesday that Dr. Glenn J. Milos will be the new vice president and Chief Medical Officer at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg and OSF Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth. In this new position, OSF says that Dr. Milos will ensure consistency in practice standards, facilitate an interdisciplinary team approach to the delivery of care, and will develop and share the vision and strategic direction for the practice of medicine while collaborating on the implementation of the strategy. He also will ensure consistency in practice standards, facilitate an interdisciplinary team approach to the delivery of care, and will develop and share the vision and strategic direction for the practice of medicine while collaborating on the implementation of the strategy. Additionally, the healthcare provider says Dr. Milos will maintain a clinical presence by practicin
Several changes are coming to medical coverage in Knox County through OSF HealthCare. The medical provider announced Tuesday that the PromptCare location found at St. Mary Medical Center at 3375 North Seminary Street will be moving to its new home at 695 Kellogg Street, the site of the former Cottage Hospital. WGIL reported back in February that OSF had entered into a purchase agreement to purchase the "real estate, medical equipment, and, and other assets" from Cottage. Cottage filed for bankruptcy at the beginning of the year, leading to a major scare for patients of the former hospital. The new space was the former emergency department and is being upgraded to serve patients in its new capacity and will provide a "larger capacity for provision of urgent care services, including on-site lab and imaging, in Galesburg and the surrounding communities." The existing OSF PromptCare on the St. Mary main campus will be the future home of several specialty departments as
There have been many questions about the closure of Cottage Hospital and the expanded role OSF St. Mary Medical Center will play in local healthcare. The bottom line is they had already been preparing for this scenario. OSF president Lisa DeKezel joined Tom Meredith and Tyler Gumm on "Galesburg's Morning News" to talk about that and answer many other questions on the topic.