North Hazel St. from E. Fairchild St. to Penn St. will be closed on Monday and Tuesday from 7:00 AM until 4:00 PM each day. The closure is needed to safely remove dead trees along N. Hazel St. Motorists are urged to choose an alternate route. Expect delays in traffic during operations.

Information supplied by VA
 

VA Illiana and Mad Goat Coffee are partnering to empower Veterans with health information and resources through an outreach event at Mad Goat (South Gilbert Street location), scheduled for May 31, 2023, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
 

The Veterans Health and Resource Fair will feature free health screenings by VA nursing staff, information about the recent PACT Act expansion of VA benefits, and assistance in using MyHealtheVet, VA’s online personal health record portal. Additionally, specially trained VA staff will be available to enroll eligible Veterans in VA care at the event.
 

“VA Illiana is thrilled to be working with Mad Goat to connect as many Veterans as possible with health information and resources about the benefits they’ve sacrificed to earn,” said VA Illiana Executive Director Staci Williams. “No matter if you’ve been getting your care at VA for decades or are still thinking about enrolling, this event is for all who have served. With the recent VA expansion of care, every Veteran should connect with us to learn if they are eligible for new benefits.”
 

The first 200 Veterans who attend will receive a $5 coupon redeemable at Mad Goat throughout the month of June. With questions about the event, Veterans are encouraged to reach out to VA Illiana to VAillianainfo@va.gov or send a message via Facebook Messenger.

About VA Illiana Health Care System

VA Illiana Health Care System provides services at 6 locations serving a 34-county area of central Illinois and west-central Indiana. Locations include the Danville VA Medical Center and 5 community-based outpatient clinics in Bloomington, Decatur, Mattoon, Peoria, and Springfield, Illinois. The VA Illiana Healthcare System is one of the leading health care systems serving Veterans in the VA Great Lakes Network. We’re an innovative care center within the Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 (VISN 12). VISN 12 includes medical centers and clinics in Wisconsin, Illinois, northwestern Indiana, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

OSF HealthCare Sacred Heart Medical Center in Danville, Illinois, will reopen its birthing center in September 2023 to again provide obstetrics care for residents in the Vermilion County area. The center closed in October 2022 due to the lack of obstetric providers in the area.

“Our team is pleased to announce this return to the community,” said Ned Hill, president, OSF Sacred Heart. “We are committed to providing exceptional patient care and know the challenges our young families have experienced throughout the last few months. We are so appreciative of their patience with us.”

While the birthing unit at OSF Sacred Heart will reopen in September, outpatient prenatal care, post-partum care, general women’s health and pediatric services will continue at OSF Sacred Heart and OSF Medical Group in Danville.

“Similar to the rest of the country, staffing has been our biggest challenge. Until we were able to ensure each mother, child and family who needed us was able to have our undivided attention and a care plan that is customized to their precise wishes, we needed to transfer care to Urbana,” said Hill. “Now that we have new providers and a plan to care for our youngest patients and their parents, we are ready to resume services for obstetrics and newborn care in Danville.”

In addition, more digital tools will now be used in Danville supplement in-person care.

OSF HealthCare will offer a hybrid model of in-person visits and digital tools for women who prefer to take advantage of some virtual offerings, whether to help busy patients with scheduling conflicts or transportation concerns. For example, OSF could offer a virtual visit for every other visit throughout a healthy pregnancy.

“We want to be where our patients need us, and OSF HealthCare is committed to offering digital services to supplement our in-person care,” Hill said. “Our remote patient monitoring program for prenatal and postpartum care is available to complement your visits to a doctor’s office, with on-demand learning based on where a woman is in her pregnancy.”

In addition, OSF lactation experts offer virtual lactation assistance to any woman, regardless of geographic location.

As a part of this reopening at OSF Sacred Heart, OSF HealthCare Heart of Mary Medical Center in Urbana, Illinois, will soon submit applications with the appropriate state and regulatory approvals to discontinue obstetrical care.

This decision was based on a number of factors, including access to care, travel time to hospitals and vulnerable populations. These factors combined with staffing challenges and the ability to recruit led to this decision.

The Blessed Beginnings Birthing Center at OSF Heart of Mary will transition all labor and delivery care to either OSF Sacred Heart in Danville or OSF HealthCare St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington, Illinois. This transition will also take place in September, although the exact timing is yet to be determined.

After September 2023, patients who are currently patients of OSF Medical Group – Obstetrics and Gynecology in Urbana will be referred to OSF Medical Group - Primary Care in Champaign, Illinois, or our Danville OB/GYN location.

OSF HealthCare will continue its commitment to overall women’s health through a variety of services including, but not limited to, regular well-woman annual visits, mammograms and general gynecology services, as well as bone density and wellness screenings at OSF Medical Group – Primary Care offices in the Champaign area.

For more information on the birthing center at OSF Sacred Heart, please call 217-443-5000. If patients have other questions, OSF Medical Group teams are available: 217-337-2010 (Champaign-Urbana) or 217-477-4718 (Danville).

Robin Kelly may not be a familiar name to Danville residents, but she promises you will hear about her often. Kelly is the Congresswoman for District 2, which includes Danville. Kelly was in Danville recently and said even though Danville is the southern tip of her district, she will be very involved locally.

Danville became part of her district when redistricting was completed last year.  She has been in Congress since 2013.