News From SIH

SIH Removing COVID Vaccination Requirement as Condition of Employment

6/28/2023

Beginning Saturday, July 1, 2023, SIH will no longer require COVID vaccination as a condition of employment. The decision comes with the official end of the public health emergency and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reversal of the vaccination requirement. SIH will also cease asymptomatic pre-admission COVID testing on July 1.

Cardiologist Shares Signs of Cardiac Emergencies

6/20/2023

"Our job is to help patients understand what to look for in case if they suspect a patient having cardiac arrest," Dr. Mirza said. The interventional cardiologist with SIH Prairie Heart Institute recently spoke with a class of men and women in Carbondale. They were part of the SIH Second Act program.

Don Arnold, II, MD, Shares Kidney Stone Expertise

6/7/2023

Don Arnold, II, MD, has been a urologist for nearly 20 years. For the past decade he's been treating Southern Illinoisans at SIH. "Stone Season" is now underway and runs through October.

Launch of Southern Illinois Tobacco Retailer Training Compliance Survey

5/24/2023

In an effort to reduce tobacco/nicotine use, Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH) has subcontracted Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) to survey tobacco/nicotine retailers in the 16 southernmost counties of Illinois.

SIH Names New President & CEO

10/12/2022

SIH is pleased to introduce John Antes of St. Louis as its new president and CEO effective Dec. 12, 2022. Antes, a seasoned health care executive with nearly 30 years of experience, presently serves as president of Missouri Baptist Medical Center. Antes will succeed SIH President and CEO Rex Budde.

Special Care Nursery 5K Fundraiser & Reunion

9/6/2022

Registration is underway for a fundraiser and heartwarming event bringing together families with a common bond. A 5k walk/run is open to the community and a reunion seeks to reunite children and families with physicians, nurses and staff of the Special Care Nursery at SIH Memorial Hospital of Carbondale on Saturday, Sept. 24, at Cannon Park in Carterville.

A "Giant" Change for SIH Rehabilitation Patients

7/18/2022

SIH is now able to offer improved services for pediatric patients. Leaders say no other clinic in Southern Illinois has as much dedicated space to those services.

SIU, SIH expand partnership to address nursing shortage

6/21/2022

The ongoing partnership between SIU and SIH to address the shortage of nurses has advanced to a new level with the announcement that SIH is creating a scholarship program for SIU's accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.

SIH Celebrates Juneteenth

6/16/2022

“Juneteenth is a celebration of joy and pride. Joy and pride because it’s a reminder that I descend from a people who found ways to survive during horrific circumstances.” – Kristen Matthews, SIH community health worker and health leads supervisor

SIH Celebrates Pride Month

6/16/2022

For as long as I can remember, PRIDE Month has been celebrated across the U.S. in June and offers an opportunity to recognize the impact lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have had on history locally, nationally and internationally.