SIH Stories

70 medical students interact with 41 local physicians from over 23 specialties in Carbondale.

Hundreds of volunteers helped first responders and local medical professionals hone their skills in Jackson County.

April 25, 1999, a memo was distributed to SIH staff announcing the start of a new aging services program. At the time it was called it SIH Senior Advantage. That was 25 years ago! With that, a small team set out to bring education, resources and fun for our Southern Illinois senior adults.

More than two thousand families know why SIH Memorial Hospital of Carbondale has been recognized as one of best hospitals for maternity care. U.S. News & World Report recently named SIH Memorial Hospital of Carbondale among 300+ hospitals nationwide as “high performing” when it comes to facilitating uncomplicated pregnancies.

On October 24, the SIH Memorial Hospital of Carbondale Auxiliary presented a $150,000 check to the SIH Foundation in support of the renovation and expansion of the SIH Mulberry Center in Harrisburg. The major gift kicks off the fundraising effort for the proposed $18 million project to add beds and create a medical psychiatric unit. It's the first time an SIH auxiliary has earmarked funds for a sister facility.

We are all familiar with the crisis level shortage of healthcare workers across the United States. This reality can especially be felt in rural America. We are excited to announce that SIH has become a leader in creating innovative solutions to keep the best local talent from our region working here in southern Illinois and taking care of you.

Whether it is recovering from a stroke or some other debilitating injury or illness, SIH Inpatient Rehabilitation aims to get you on the road to recovery by all means possible. 

Nearly 80 first year medical students got the chance to connect with doctors to get a glimpse at future careers in medical specialties. SIH teamed up with the SIU School of Medicine for the unique event on April 20 at the Carbondale Civic Center.

"This is the emerging new standard in the detection of bladder cancer." Three SIH Physicians are utilizing a new technology that can’t be found anywhere else in our region.

About an hour. That's the time it took from the emergency department at SIH Herrin Hospital to the cardiac catheterization lab at SIH Memorial Hospital to save a Herrin woman's life. The impressive 61-minute door-to-balloon time measures the second Evelyn Williams arrived at Herrin to the moment interventional cardiologists opened a blocked artery during a major heart attack last year.