Make Medicine Better

Dr. John Wuellner, an Alton physician, went above and beyond last Saturday when he stopped running during The Telegraph Half-Marathon in Alton to assist a struggling runner, riding with him to the emergency room. With no ride back, Wuellner ran back from the hospital to where he had stopped in the half-marathon and finished the [...]

On behalf of all the kids and grandkids of Bill and Helen Fair, I want to express our appreciation and gratitude for the care they received this past weekend at Alton Memorial Hospital. They were doing yard work this past Friday and due to the extreme heat, both of them ended up in your Emergency [...]

The following letter was received by Alton Memorial Hospital: July 30, 2011 To whom it may concern, I recently had surgery to remove my gallbladder at Alton Memorial Hospital. I was on the first floor, surgical care unit. I received excellent care from the staff. There were two staff members that were exceptional. Sharon, who [...]

Jeannette Massey is proof that working hard and living an active lifestyle is something that doesn’t depend on age. Massey, 91, has been an insurance counselor for the Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) at Alton Memorial Hospital’s OASIS office since the office opened in May 1989. She volunteered at the hospital for almost 25 years [...]

My mother, Fern Agney, was admitted to the ICU unit on Feb. 3, 2011 late in the evening.  She was scared and could not talk well with out the C-pack on.  She would not let the team take care of her til she spoke to me.  One of the nurses took her personal phone into [...]