Dynamites 4-H Group Gives to DCH Patients and Staff
Decatur County Dynamites 4-H Club stopped by the week before Christmas with blankets for DCH patients and gifts for all patients and staff.
Preventing and Reducing Infection
Decatur County Hospital employees held a “Kleenex and Hand Sanitizer Drive” last week. Infection Preventionist Jessica Sullivan and Paramedic Jerry Breneman presented them to both the Central Decatur and Lamoni Schools on Friday as way to promote awareness for preventing and reducing infection during cold and flu season!
County Health Needs Assessment Forum Yields Good Information
Decatur County health agencies conducted a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) Community forum on Wednesday, November 18 at 5:30 at the Leon Golf and Country Club with 50 people in attendance.
Staff Celebrate Birth of Twins in ER One Year Ago
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.
Community Health Needs Assessment Forum
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.
Staff Receives Certificate of Accreditation
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.
Agencies Partner on Community Health Needs Assessment
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.
“Free Little Library” in Healing Garden
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.
Prayer Shawl Ministry
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.
Employees Donate School Supplies to Decatur County Schools
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!
