Leaders of five key industries in the region say the COVID-19 crisis forced them to innovate and has spurred permanent changes and some continuing struggles in the ways they do business.
OSF HealthCare has 14 hospitals and numerous other facilities throughout Illinois and Michigan.
The cause of the outage is still under investigation, but it began about 3:45 a.m. Friday.
By Saturday afternoon, the system had been restored at these OSF locations: OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center in Champaign, OSF Saint Anthony s Health Center in Alton, OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, OSF Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center in Pontiac, OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington, OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center in Danville, OSF Saint Paul Medical Center in Mendota, OSF Saint Luke Medical Center in Kewanee, OSF Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth, OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center in Ottawa, and OSF St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba, Michigan.
(WEEK) - OSF Healthcare announced multiple hospitals are back online Saturday after network issue Friday that impacted IT systems.
The following hospitals are back online, and Media Relations Coordinator Libby Allison says they expect others to follow throughout the day:
OSF Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center in Pontiac
OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington
OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center in Danville
OSF Saint Paul Medical Center in Mendota
OSF Saint Luke Medical Center in Kewanee
OSF Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth
OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center in Ottawa
OSF St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba, MI)
OSF says Home Care Services and OSF Hospice Home are also fully online.
We hope President-elect Biden will build on the accomplishments of the Trump administration, namely its assistance to genocide survivors and priority on international religious freedom as a centerpiece of U.S. foreign policy. At the same time, Mr. Biden should correct the Trump administration’s shortcomings, particularly its failure to confront Turkey meaningfully.
As for America’s Christian citizens, we must never become complacent in the face of adversity. We must roll up our sleeves, organize, and advocate for persecuted members of the body of Christ.
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That emergency room doctor would be the first at the hospital to raise a question that would shadow decisions about McSweeney’s care over nearly three weeks at the hospital: Why does a woman with significant and complex disabilities have a legal order that requires the hospital to take all measures to save her life?
Chaplains, care home staff coping with COVID-19 protocols
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Health care personnel work inside a coronavirus unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston Dec. 12, 2020, as the United States neared 300,000 COVID-19 deaths. (Credit: Callaghan O Hare/Reuters, via CNS.)
When Father Michael Garvey arrived for his shift as a chaplain at the Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida, on Tuesday morning, his first stop was the coronavirus floor, right now full with 24 patients.
NEW YORK When Father Michael Garvey arrived for his shift as a chaplain at the Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida, on Tuesday, his first stop was the coronavirus floor, right now full with 24 patients.