All women are at risk for breast cancer; however, statistics show that although breast cancer incidence among African American women is relatively low, their mortality rate is much higher compared to women of other races. To help reverse this trend, Mercy Medical Center adopted a local chapter of the ANGEL (African American Women Nurturing and…
Canton, Ohio: Mercy Medical Center’s main hospital campus in Canton, Ohio, has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ENERGY STAR® certification for the seventh time in seven years. Only three other hospitals in the United States have earned the ENERGY STAR certification for seven consecutive years. Tom Cecconi, president and CEO of Mercy Medical…
Mercy Health Center of Alliance will offer very low-cost blood screenings on Wednesday, November 18th from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. The facility, located at 149 E. Simpson, Alliance, will be offering: Total cholesterol screening – $2 Glucose screening (blood sugar) – $2 Lipid profiles (total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL and LDL) – $8. These screenings…
Mercy Service League held its 2015 Harvest Ball on Saturday, Oct. 24th at the Canton Memorial Civic Center’s Auditorium. Orthopedic surgeons, Tim Conlan, M.D., and Gerald F. Klimo, M.D, served as honorary medical staff co-chairs, and Tina Linz and Lisa Werstler served as Mercy Service League co-chairs. The event raised over $300,000, with proceeds benefitting the Mercy…
Mercy Medical Center will host “JustWalk™” Walk With a Doc walking program on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at noon. Walkers will meet at Mercy Medical Center in the Mercy Cancer Center Atrium and enjoy a refreshing and rejuvenating walk with Edward Walsh, M.D., radiation oncologist and medical director of Mercy Cancer Center, and Sarah Grabowski, M.D.,…
Congratulations to Massillon resident, David Crookston, fitness specialist at Mercy Health Center of North Canton, for being named Mercy Medical Center’s September 2015 Star Performer employee. The Star Performer program is the hospital’s employee recognition and rewards program. Hospital employees, volunteers and staff are nominated each month for demonstrating outstanding performance, being a team player,…
Mercy Medical Center and the Rotary Club of Canton have partnered to bring very low-cost health screenings to the Canton area community. On Saturday, November 7th, the Health Screen & Wellness Fair will take place from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Mercy Medical Center’s Mercy Hall Auditorium, 1320 Mercy Drive NW, Canton. Mercy Hall…
Congratulations to Massillon resident, Sara Fichter, RN, Mercy Regional Rehabilitation Center, for being named Mercy Medical Center’s August 2015 Star Performer employee. The Star Performer program is the hospital’s employee recognition and rewards program. Hospital employees, volunteers and staff are nominated each month for demonstrating outstanding performance, being a team player, going “above and beyond”,…
Author Jenny McCray will be at Mercy Boutique from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30 to sign copies of her children’s book “HATventures of Hope,” an inspsiring story told through the eyes of a child as he faces his mother’s cancer diagnosis. When his mother loses her hair during treatment, the boy…
Mercy Cancer Center is offering free oral cancer screenings to promote prevention and early detection of disease. Oral cancer screenings will be held from 8:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. on Monday, November 2nd at Mercy Dental Services (on the second floor of the Surgery Center/Cancer Center building). Dental Professionals will visually examine the soft tissues…
Canton, Ohio: During its annual homecoming dinner recently, the Mercy School of Nursing Alumni Association dedicated its new historic wall display, located in Mercy Medical Center’s Mercy Hall Auditorium. Designed by local artist Diane Adams, the display – entitled, Mercy School of Nursing, 1908-1984, A Legacy of Caring – features history, memorabilia, artifacts, outstanding alumni…
Canton, Ohio: Mercy Medical Center has purchased the former Moose Lodge, located at 2935 Lincoln Way West, Massillon. Mercy plans to renovate the building to house a new outpatient health center. Mercy Health Center of Massillon is expected to open in the fall of 2016. Plans are still in process, but the center will most…
The Ohio Department of Insurance’s Ohio Senior Health Insurance Information Program (OSHIIP) will be hosting a FREE Medicare Check Up Day on Tuesday, October 27, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. in Mercy Hall Auditorium at Mercy Medical Center, 1320 Mercy Drive NW, Canton. This program provides an opportunity for participants to evaluate and change…
Mercy Medical Center Senior Friends is sponsoring a FREE Medicare Options event on Tuesday, October 20th at 9 a.m. in the Mercy Hall Amphitheater. This event, designed to help seniors choose the right Medicare Plan, will begin with a Medicare overview by Terri Gursky, Mercy’s Medicare Specialist and Stark County OSHIIP (Ohio Senior Health Insurance…
The Church of the Lakes Faith Community Nurses in conjunction with Mercy Medical Center will sponsor a Health & Wellness Fair this Saturday, October 10th from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Church of the Lakes, 5944 Fulton Dr. NW, Canton (on the corner of Brunnerdale). Free and open to the community, the Health &…
Canton, Ohio: Mercy Development Foundation recently held a blessing and dedication ceremony and reception in honor of Frank Dale, 82, a Massillon artist, art instructor and poet who donated his reproduction of 19th-century painter William Bouguereau’s Song of the Angels to Mercy. Many of his local students attended the event. Dale, a graduate of the…
Mercy Sports Medicine will host a Coaches Clinic from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at Mercy Health Center of Jackson, located at 7337 Caritas Circle, NW, Massillon. The cost of the clinic is $20, and each coach attending will be able to apply for the state permit upon completion of the clinic….
Mercy Medical Center will host “JustWalk™” Walk With a Doc walking program on Saturday, Oct. 10 at 10 a.m. Walkers will meet at Mercy Cancer Center Atrium and enjoy a refreshing and rejuvenating walk with David Gormsen, D.O., vice president and chief medical officer at Mercy Medical Center, and other health care professionals, who will…
Mercy Cancer Center is offering free skin cancer screenings to promote prevention and early detection of the disease. Skin cancer screenings will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday, October 5th inside Mercy Health Center of North Canton. Shield M. Wikas, D.O. will perform the screenings. Skin cancer is the most common of all cancers in…
Canton, Ohio: During its recent Founders Day Donor Recognition event, Mercy Development Foundation awarded Robert W. Mahoney its highest honor – the St. Augustine Award for Distinguished Service. This award recognizes an individual whose leadership and vision has impacted and helped transform Mercy Medical Center. Mahoney, retired board chairman and chief executive officer of Diebold…
Canton, Ohio: For a second consecutive year, Mercy is the recipient of the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® GOLD PLUS Receiving Award, which recognizes the hospital has reached an achievement score of 75 percent or greater for treating STEMI (ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction) transfer patients within 120 minutes. This is Mercy’s fourth consecutive Mission: Lifeline…
