Ribbon Cutting and Blessing of SAMH Emergency Department

HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital conducted a blessing ceremony and ceremonial ribbon-cutting of their renovated Emergency Department on Monday.

The renovation, which began in January 2018, was designed to increase safety, security and privacy for patients in a more efficient design to enhance the patient experience.

Participating in the ceremonial ribbon-cutting of the renovated Emergency Department were (left to right): St. Anthony’s Emergency Department colleagues Morgan Breer, RN, Elizabeth Flach, ER tech, and Haley Baumgarten, RN; St. Anthony’s Director of Emergency Services, Convenient Care and Respiratory Care Deb Murbarger, RN; Effingham County Chamber of Commerce Board member and HSHS St. Anthony’s Foundation Leadership Council member Joe Knabe; St. Anthony’s Director of Philanthropy Michael Wall; Effingham County Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Norma Lansing; Medical Director of St. Anthony’s Emergency Department Dr. David Sprowls; St. Anthony’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ryan Jennings; St. Anthony’s President and CEO Theresa Rutherford; St. Anthony’s Emergency Department nurses Bev Wodtka, RN, and Jennifer Wagner, RN; St. Anthony’s Board of Directors member Father Michal Rosa, who served as celebrant over the blessing ceremony; Effingham County Chamber of Commerce Membership Director Becky Brown, Marketing and Communications Coordinator Kristin Probst, and Office Manager Justine Carlson; St. Anthony’s Director of Quality Improvement Mary Finley; St. Anthony’s Emergency Department Facilitator Sarah Schumacher, RN; St. Anthony’s Director of Human Resources Vicki Kloeckner, and St. Anthony’s Emergency Department nurses Claire Mayfield, RN, and Corie Smith, RN.

For more information, check out stanthonyseffingham.org/emergency-department-effingham.

HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital is part of the Southern Illinois Division of Hospital Sisters Health System, which also includes HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in O’Fallon, HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital in Breese, HSHS Holy Family Hospital in Greenville, and HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital in Highland.