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In celebration of National Volunteer Week, Fairfield Memorial Hospital honored Volunteers for their service and dedication by hosting the Annual Volunteer Recognition and Awards Luncheon on Friday, April 22nd.  The event was held in the Medical Arts Complex at Fairfield Memorial Hospital. Dinner was prepared by Big Boy Catering. Altogether, FMH Auxiliary Volunteers donated over…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital honors an employee each month who has been nominated by their peers for providing extraordinary patient care and customer services within and outside of the Hospital. Madison Barnard, Phlebotomist, who works in the FMH Laboratory Department, was chosen as the April 2022 Employee of the Month. Madison has been with Fairfield Memorial…

Effective April 4, 2022, visitors entering Fairfield Memorial Hospital and its clinics will no longer be required to screen upon entering any of its locations with the exception of the Skilled Care Unit, where it is still required by IDPH. Temperature kiosks and respiratory etiquette stations are available at the Main entrances to the Hospital…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce that Louis Remynse, M.D., Board Certified Urologist, will be joining the Medical Staff of Fairfield Memorial Hospital on a full-time basis starting May 31, 2022. Dr. Remynse received his medical degree from the University of Michigan School of Medicine (Ann Arbor, MI), and completed his internship and residency…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital will host a community blood drive with the American Red Cross on April 22nd from 11:30am to 4:30pm as current inventories continue to remain at critical levels across the country. For more information or to make an appointment to donate, call 618-847-8242 or sign up online at redcrossblood.org with sponsor code: FairfieldMemorial.…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in mammography as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Mammography is a specific type of imaging test that uses a low-dose x-ray system to examine breasts. A mammography exam is used to aid in the early detection…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital announces the addition of Christina Frymire, APN FNP, who has joined the Medical Staff of Fairfield Memorial Hospital. Christina is a Nurse Practitioner, who will see patients of all ages in Fairfield Memorial Hospital’s Urgent Care Clinic. NP Frymire is from Norris City, Illinois, and received her Master of Science in Nursing…

The American Red Cross is facing a national blood crisis – its worst blood shortage in over a decade, posing a concerning risk to patient care. Amid this crisis, doctors have been forced to make difficult decisions about who receives blood transfusions and who will need to wait until more products become available. Blood and…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital announces that Stephen Welty, APN, FNP, CDE, who has been with Fairfield Memorial Hospital for since 2017 as a Certified Diabetes Educator, is now a licensed Family Nurse Practitioner. NP Welty will be caring for patients of all ages for both acute and chronic conditions at Horizon Healthcare’s Rural Health Clinics. Additionally,…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital honors an employee each month who has been nominated by their peers for providing extraordinary patient care and customer services within and outside of the Hospital. Yadira Lake, who works as a Phlebotomist in the Laboratory Department at Fairfield Memorial Hospital, was selected as the January 2022 Employee of the Month. Yadira…