Wednesday Was National Doctors Day; Hospital Observing Event

Medical providers will be honored at health care organizations throughout the country Wednesday, March 30, during National Doctors’ Day. This annual event recognizes physicians for the important role they play in helping patients, promoting overall health, and their significant accomplishments.

The annual event was first celebrated March 30, 1933, when Eudora Brown Almond, wife of Dr. Charles B. Almond, set a day aside to honor physicians. From those beginnings in Winder, Georgia, the celebration spread and the House and Senate officially declared March 30 National Doctors’ Day in 1990.

HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital wishes to extend its deep gratitude and appreciation to the physicians for the long hours and dedication to providing excellent patient care of the people in our community. St. Anthony’s is honoring their physicians with a special celebration today.

Physicians will be treated to a carnival-themed event on behalf of the hospital. Members of hospital administration will be on hand thanking the doctors and presenting them with a special gift in gratitude of their service.

If you would like to send a personal “thank you” to a physician on St. Anthony’s Medical Staff, feel free to post a comment on St. Anthony’s Facebook page or send a message to St. Anthony’s through its Facebook page. Visit the hospital’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/StAnthonysMemorialHospital. Your expressions of gratitude will be shared with the physician.

For more information, contact Misty Campos, HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital’s Provider Relations Outreach Representative, at (217) 347-1590. To find physicians in the area, visit stanthonyshospital.org, and select “Provider Directory.”

HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital is part of the Southern Illinois Division of Hospital Sisters Health System, which also includes HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville, HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital in Breese, and HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital in Highland.