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Shields Scholarship Program Provides Growth Opportunities for New Nurses and Current Colleagues at SJHS

The Kathryn L. and William S. Shields Endowment for the Education of Professionals in the Health Care Field was established with the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County in 1994 to create an e...

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Foundation Funds Equipment for Safe Patient Movement and Handling Program

Saint Joseph Health System is excited to continue our journey toward improving patient mobility in the hospital by utilizing safe patient movement equipment at both our Mishawaka and Plymouth locat...

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Robotic arm assisting with bronchoscopy procedure
Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy: Advancing Lung Cancer Detection and Care in Michiana

Saint Joseph Health System is proud to offer robotic-assisted bronchoscopy, a state-of-the-art, minimally-invasive procedure used to diagnose lung conditions, including lung cancer, with unpreceden...

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Local family supports parents in grief with gift of Cuddle Cots

Joy turned to grief in August of 2020 as Patrick and Claire Slebonick’s first child, Sloane Lisbeth Slebonick, was stillborn. They processed the tragedy with the support of SJHS’s caring doctor...

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Margot Ann Witous

Our Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is an integral part of providing care to all our patients. Because of donations to the Foundation, we are able to directly support families who hav...

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Nurse Charles Shumba - COVID-19 Saint Joe Superstars

Saint Joseph Health System is called to care for our entire community, but our dedicated staff colleagues couldn’t do it without your help. One of those colleagues is Charles Shumba, a registered...