Dan Gaffney is often the talk of the town. Many people listen to the Milford native each morning on Delaware 105.9 FM. Besides his on-air time on 105.9, Gaffney also works at a radio station in Philadelphia on the weekends. If that’s not enough, he’s father to eight children between the ages of 3 and […]
Winter brings its own unique health challenges. Some examples include colds and flu, seasonal affective disorder, frostbite, and risk of injury or heart attack from shoveling snow. Bayhealth Family Medicine Physician Joseph Parise, DO, shares the following winter safety tips related to frostbite and shoveling snow. · Prevent frostbite. There are different types of frostbite, […]
Now in its 16th year, the Educator of the Year Award serves to celebrate those Bayhealth team members who make it a part of their daily routine to educate others – even if they’re not in a traditional educator role. Whether they’re helping their peers learn and grow professionally or educating patients so they can […]
Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Nurse Gavin Brown, RN, is the most recent recipient of the DAISY Award. A daughter of a former Neuro ICU patient nominated Brown for the award. The patient’s daughter wrote an emotional thank you letter describing Brown’s connection to her mother at the end of her life. […]
As Bayhealth delivers on its promise to meet the healthcare needs of our growing, local community, so does the Bayhealth Medical Group. This partnership of highly trained physicians, their clinical staff, and administrative support teams operate practices throughout central and southern Delaware. The medical practice formerly known as Bayhealth Primary Care, Eden Hill, recently moved […]
Hospice can seem like a frightening word to a family with a medically complex child. But not for Patty and Zach Fazio. To them, “hospice” equals “hope”—hope for the freedom to embrace every joy-filled moment with their baby boy. When Patty and Zach brought four-day-old Leo home, they were greeted by balloons at the door, […]
At the request of Milford Memorial Hospital School of Nursing alumni, Bayhealth Foundation President Lindsay Rhodenbaugh hosted a tour of the Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus recently. Alumni and guests were in town for the school’s biennial reunion. The nursing school closed in 1976, but alumni remain interested in the state of nursing in our region. […]
It was a busy New Year at Bayhealth as two bundles of joy arrived just as 2020 got underway. At Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus baby Kemper MacNiewski Lynch was born to parents Courtney Wisniewski and Tim Lynch at 12:20 a.m. She weighed 6 lbs., 13.4 oz. and was over 19 inches long. Baby Kemper joins […]
by Terry Rogers With beautifully decorated private suites, unrestricted visiting hours and accommodations for family members to remain overnight, Delaware Hospice Center provides a home-like alternative to a hospital when a loved one needs a higher level of support. Located on Patriot’s Way near the Delaware Veteran’s Home and Boys & Girls Club, […]
Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus Nurse Idalis Stamas, RN, BSN, has been a nurse for less than two years, but in that time she’s made such an impact that she was not only named the hospital’s Nurse of the Year earlier this year, but was deemed Bayhealth’s most recent recipient of the coveted DAISY Award. The […]
