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A Vacation “On Hold” – One Patient’s Story

Indiana resident Kathie Toschlog received excellent medical care at LeConte Medical Center following unexpected complications from her diabetes.

LeConte Medical Center Welcomes Its First Baby of 2021

Megan McCarter holds her daughter, Kaezlee Jae Goins, who was born at 2:23 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2021, and was LeConte Medical Center’s first baby of the new year.

LeConte Health and Rehabilitation Center Clinical Bonus

Are you looking to make a change? LeConte Heath and Rehabilitation Center is hiring nurses and certified nurse assistants and is offering a special incentive bonus for a limited time. RNs will receive $1,000 at 90 days and another $1,000 at 1 year of employment. CNAs will receive $500 at 90 days and another $500 […]

Don’t Let the Flu Get You – Vaccinate!

Viruses that infect the nose, throat, and lungs cause illnesses like the flu and colds. They are usually spread from person to person when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks. They also can spread when you touch cold or flu viruses deposited from another person on a desktop, doorknob, desk, telephone receiver, or handrail. […]

A Calling of Care

Julio Guerra, MD, had achieved an impressive career status as a pathology resident at George Washington University Hospital in the nation’s capital. Yet something was missing. “I realized that I had not gone to medical school so I could sit behind a microscope, do some research and perhaps have an entirely academic career, even though […]

Covenant Health Implements Military Recognition Program

Program gives hospital staffs opportunity to thank patients for military service Covenant Health has introduced a new initiative to recognize and thank patients who are veterans or on active military status. This initiative was put in place at Covenant Health hospitals, including LeConte Medical Center, on Nov. 3, 2020. Of the 17 million veterans in […]