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Fairfield Memorial Hospital will soon to be able to offer COVID vaccinations by appointment only to the public for anyone that falls into the Tier 1B category. You do not have to be a patient of Horizon Healthcare to receive this vaccination. Starting Wednesday, February 17th, anyone interested in scheduling an appointment with Fairfield Memorial…

Due to the inclement weather that we are currently experiencing in our area, the Fairfield Memorial Hospital Horizon Healthcare Clinic will be closing at 3:30pm today, February 15, 2021.  The FMH Urgent Care will be closing at 5pm today, February 15, 2021. For February 16th, all Horizon Healthcare locations, Urgent Care, Outpatient Therapy Department, Pain…

Due to the inclement weather that is expected in the next 24-48 hours for our area, the Fairfield Memorial Hospital Horizon Healthcare Clinics in Carmi, Cisne, and Grayville will be closed on Monday, February 15, 2021. The Fairfield offices will be open normal business hours. Additionally, the FMH Respiratory Illness Screening Tent will be closed…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital Medical Staff and Employees want to express their appreciation to the community for their due diligence in helping to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus. By following the scientific recommendations of wearing a mask, staying six feet apart, and frequent handwashing, we are seeing fewer positive cases of COVID-19 and a…

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. Laura Witherspoon, S.T., Sterile Central Processing Coordinator, who works in the Fairfield Memorial Hospital’s Same Day Surgery Department, was selected as the February 2021 Employee of…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital weekly updates are used to keep the public informed as progress continues to be made on our Expansion Project. As the weather brings some snow and ice to our area we aren’t seeing as much work on the outside, however, the work continues inside the expansion! During the week of February 8th,…

In the United States, someone needs blood every two seconds to address anything from surgeries and severe illnesses to cancer treatments and traumatic injuries, according to the American Red Cross. That’s 30 people every minute, 1,800 people per hour, 43,200 people per day and more than 15 million people per year.   A Blood Drive…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital Chief Executive Officer, Katherine Bunting-Williams, Ph.D., announced today that Fairfield Memorial Hospital has received a certificate of their continued designation as an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital as of January 26, 2021 by the Illinois Department of Public Health.  An Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital or ASRH is a hospital that has been designated by the Department…

Fairfield Memorial Hospital weekly updates are used to keep the public informed as progress continues to be made on our Expansion Project. As the brick begins to go up it’s beginning to create excitement around the facility. During the week of February 1st, the roofer is here this week to complete the parapet work at…

3D Mammography Mobile Event in Carmi on February 6th: Fairfield Memorial Hospital will have their Mobile Mammography at the FMH Carmi Medical Clinic on Saturday, February 6th, with appointments beginning at 8:00a.m. No physician order needed for those who are over the age of 40.  It must have been at least one year since your…