Flu fears restrict hospital visits

A sign Tuesday tells visitors about restricted visitation because of the potential to spread the flu at Franciscan St. Anthony Health in Crown Point.

Flu fears restrict hospital visits

Franciscan St. Anthony Health volunteer Dan O'Connell works Tuesday at the information desk at the hospital in Crown Point. A sign tells visitors about restricted visitation because of the potential of spreading the flu.

NWI House Raffle top prize goes to Chesterton woman

Audience members anxiosly wait to find out the winners of the Northwest Indiana House Raffle Friday morning.

HEALTH BRIEFS: Free kids' dental exams, healthy travel class and more

Children's dental exams free

New C.P. surgical center designed to calm nerves

CROWN POINT | With patients given a robe upon arrival and a flower upon leaving, the new Franciscan Point Surgery Center might feel more like a spa than a medical building.

Lowell, St. John men injured in crash on U.S. 41

LOWELL | A driver had to be extricated from his truck Sunday after a crash in Lowell.

Former owner of St. Anthony hospital to withhold pensions

CROWN POINT | Employees of the former owners of St. Anthony hospital in Crown Point have been notified they are losing pensions.

Franciscan Alliance expands partnership with Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

CHICAGO | The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and Franciscan Alliance announced Monday their partnership will expand to include two additional hospitals.

Sept. 11 emphasized the importance of being disaster ready, hospital officials say

When a May tornado smashed through Joplin, Mo., it crashed into the St. John Regional Medical Center, one of two hospitals in the area, forcing it to evacuate and transfer patients.

Motorcyclist killed in Cedar Lake crash

A 58-year-old Cedar Lake man was killed Sunday night after falling from his motorcycle and being run over, police said.

Michigan City cancer facility to open in April

MICHIGAN CITY | Franciscan St. Anthony Health Michigan City is constructing a cancer treatment center.

Neonatal unit's first patient goes home

CROWN POINT | The first patient treated in Franciscan St. Anthony Health Crown Point's new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit has gone home with a basketful of gifts and well wishes.

C.P. hospital dedicates new NICU

CROWN POINT | Jillian Hanger suggested Thursday that President John F. Kennedy's biggest accomplishment wasn't getting a man on the moon, it was what came from the death of his son Patrick, who was born prematurely.

Open house for Crown Point NICU is March 6

CROWN POINT | Franciscan St. Anthony Health Crown Point will celebrate the opening of its new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, The Birth Place, at a public open house from 1 to 3 p.m. March 6.

Hospital, chamber hosting women's lunch Feb. 9

CHESTERTON | The Chesterton/Duneland Chamber of Commerce and Franciscan St. Anthony Health will present a free women's luncheon, "Listen Up, Ladies: The Importance of Preventative Screening," on Feb. 9 at Sand Creek Country Club.