On the morning of October 31, 2014 a young woman rushed through the Emergency Room doors of Decatur County Hospital (DCH) shouting, “I’m think I’m in labor!” Seairra Stephenson, the expectant mother, was pregnant with twins and scheduled for an OB appointment later that morning in Des Moines; she did not make it.
Decatur County Hospital, Public Health, Community Health Centers of Southern Iowa, and CROSS Mental Health Region are hosting a community forum on Wednesday, November 18 at the Leon Golf and Country Club for the Community Health Needs Assessment.
The Accreditation Association for Hospital/Health Systems came to Decatur County Hospital on Friday, September 18 to present hospital staff with the official certificate of accreditation that will be displayed in the waiting area.
Decatur County Hospital, Decatur County Public Health, Community Health Centers of Southern Iowa, and Decatur County Community Services are partnering together to conduct a community health needs assessment.
There is now a community “Little Free Library” located at Decatur County Hospital by the Emergency Department! Hospital staff will be getting it all stocked up with our favorite reads and anyone in the community is welcome to “check out” a book by leaving a book for someone else to read.
Beginning in the fall of 2014, the Decatur County Prayer Shawl Ministry has been hand making and providing prayer shawls to patients at Decatur County Hospital. The ministry is a spiritually driven, community based project to provide warmth, comfort, joy, peace, and healing to patients that are weary and hurting.
Decatur County Hospital employees held a “Back To School” school supplies drive during the month of August and presented the supplies to the Central Decatur and Lamoni School Districts last week!
Decatur County Hospital is pleased to announce that as of Monday, July 13, Eugene Yoder, ARNP, became a full-time advanced registered nurse practitioner (ARNP) in the Emergency Department.
Congratulations to Elise Dale for receiving the Decatur County Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship this year! Pictured with Elise are Auxiliary members Shirley Hill, Jane Fleming, and Sharon South.
Decatur County Hospital has achieved accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Hospitals and Health Systems (AAHHS) with zero deficiencies.
