Bayhealth is currently hosting their 12th Annual Festival of Trees at Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus and Bayhealth Milford Memorial. This year’s festival features trees decorated by departments throughout Bayhealth with lights, tinsel, ribbons, ornaments, and bells. The program encourages a competition between departments as individuals from the public are able to vote for their favorite […]
Daphne Bumbrey has been hired as general manager of the Milford Wellness Village, the complex that next year will occupy the Clark Avenue property being vacated by Bayhealth Hospital, which is moving to a new site. Bumbrey, who holds an MBA in organizational leadership, comes to her new role from Milford Senior Center where she […]
When he opened his medical practice in Harrington in 1967, Bayhealth Primary Care Physician Vincent Lobo, DO, DACFD, worked 10–12 hours per day, six days per week, and saw roughly 45–50 patients per day. Afterward, he would take care of any house calls (an average of two per week), provide coverage for three area nursing […]
A warm smile, gentle voice and welcome presence are what patients can expect when Bayhealth Women’s Center Breast Care Coordinator Trisha Bentley, BSN, RN, is in the room. It’s her very nature that led Bentley to be the most recent awardee for the esteemed DAISY Award, which is an award from a national foundation aimed […]
The official address of the new Bayhealth Hospital and Outpatient Center, Sussex Campus has been determined. The new facility will be located at 100 Wellness Way, Milford, Delaware, 19963. Wellness Way, which is located off of Cedar Creek Road in Milford, will be the main point of entry for the new Bayhealth Sussex Campus. Ambulances […]
Kathy Moore had no idea what the New Year would bring when Bayhealth Oncologist Iftekhar Kahn, MD, diagnosed her with aggressive breast cancer in December 2016. A month later, the 49-year-old single mother of two had a lumpectomy followed by six months of chemotherapy and several weeks of radiation therapy. After those treatments were complete, […]
Diabetes, cholesterol, cancer, and depression are all examples of what is known as a chronic disease. A chronic disease is defined as any condition that is going to be a long-term illness and will have an impact on a patient’s life and health. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly 117 million […]
Bayhealth Foundation President Lindsay Rhodenbaugh, left, shown here with two of the late Tom Draper’s children, Mariah Draper Calagione and Hank Draper, recently accepted a $250,000 contribution from Draper Holdings Charitable Foundation, Inc. for the Campaign for Bayhealth – Phase III. Draper, who made the commitment prior to his passing, said, although he had never […]
by Terry Rogers Hailee Gooch, Development Associate at the Cancer Support Community Delaware, says that the organization would not be as successful if it were not for the volunteers who help them throughout the year and that it is through their dedication that the organization can offer the services it does to those […]
While the “official” start of flu season is still two weeks away, the Division of Public Health (DPH) is urging residents not to wait to get vaccinated. Four cases of the flu now have been confirmed, and with at least one case in each county, flu is now statewide in Delaware. In addition to the […]
