Category: Patient Care

Al Dolatoski and his wife Joyce hold hands and hold microphones as they sing Sonny and Cher’s “I Got You Babe” during the LVAD Celebration of Life. Al is sitting in a wheelchair and wearing a sweatshirt and hat. He has an LVAD hanging by a strap around his shoulder. Joyce is wearing a flowered dress and hat.

An artificial heart saved my life: LVAD patients and families share stories at reunion

May 15, 2019

By Bonnie Adams Al Dolatoski felt short of breath and just didn’t feel well on Dec. 16, so his wife took him to an area hospital. There, he suffered a massive heart attack and underwent emergency heart bypass surgery. Joyce Dolatoski remembers the panic she felt when he repeatedly coded in the intensive care unit […]

Dr. Laura Murphy, pediatrician with Penn State Children’s Hospital’s Pediatric Complex Care Program, smiles and bends down to greet her patient, Brinda Rizal, who is in a wheelchair. Brinda, who has braids and is wearing a sweatshirt and pants, is strapped into the wheelchair and looks up at Murphy, who is wearing a polka dotted shirt and pants and wears a stethoscope around her neck. Brinda’s mother, Basudha Rizal, wearing glasses and a printed top and pants, is sitting in a chair against the wall. She smiles at her daughter. A soap dispenser, pamphlet rack and folders are hanging on the wall of the exam room.

In your corner: Pediatric Complex Care team advocates for children with multiple medical needs

May 9, 2019

The Pediatric Complex Care Team at Penn State Children’s Hospital takes on the complicated cases that other doctors shy away from – children who have severely compromised organ systems, are technologically dependent on breathing or feeding tubes, see multiple specialists and require a high degree of coordinated care.

Bernadine and Charles Mineweaser stand in a hospital room with their arms around each other and smile. In front of them is a table with a cake, tea lights and a pitcher of sparkling grape juice. Next to Charles is a hospital bed, and equipment is behind them. Bernadine is wearing a dress, and Charles is wearing a polo shirt and plaid pajama pants.

Couple celebrates 50th wedding anniversary at Hershey Medical Center

May 6, 2019

Hershey Medical Center’s Patient and Family-Centered Care team helped Charles and Bernadine Mineweaser celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with a special meal.

Medical Center recognized as Center for Comprehensive MS Care

Apr 24, 2019

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has recognized Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center as a Center for Comprehensive MS Care.

Dr. Zakiyah Kadry of Hershey Medical Center holds an oil painting created for her by a patient. She is wearing a white lab coat, top and gold necklace. The painting is in a wooden frame and shows flowers, Don Quixote, a coffee cup and a thank you note. Behind her are diplomas and plaques.

Penn State Liver Center gives State College woman second chance at life

Apr 8, 2019

A State College woman received a lifesaving liver transplant at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

A person dressed as the Penn State Nittany Lion sits at an outdoor table with a little girl and a man in a jacket and a ball cap. They are reflected in the window of a shop advertising bagels.

Providers share coffee, conversation with local residents

Apr 4, 2019

In honor of National Doctors’ Day March 30, several Penn State Health providers visited three area coffee shops to share a cup with patients and neighbors.

Natasha Himes kisses her newborn baby boy as she holds him on her chest. He has surgical tape on his face and his wearing a striped shirt. Natasha has long curly hair and is wearing a cotton top.

Penn State Health doctors help Ephrata baby born with rare condition breathe easier

Mar 27, 2019

There was nothing unusual about Natasha Himes’s seventh pregnancy or delivery. Like her previous six, both were easy and uncomplicated. While all of her other children were born in a hospital, the Ephrata woman wanted to have this baby at home. Dec. 19, 2018, started out as any ordinary day. Himes’ children, ranging in age […]

A man in a white shirt and black tie pushes a woman in a wedding gown in a wheelchair down a hospital corridor. With him are several members of the hospital staff in blue nurse’s uniforms. The nurse in the center wheels a tall stand from which dangle wires which are attached to the woman in the gown.

It’s about today: terminal prognosis doesn’t stop family, hospital from planning wedding

Mar 18, 2019

Staff at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center rally with the family of Maggie Garrett and Anthony Chalker to hold a wedding for the couple. The prognosis for Garrett’s stage 4 cancer gives her only weeks.

A physician and two other care providers treat a patient who is lying in a bed in Hershey Medical Center’s new Radiology Outpatient Care Unit. A long hallway with a tiled floor shows five rooms. The care providers and patient are in the room on the right, which has a curtain and a door. A wheelchair is outside the door. Paintings are on the walls between each room. Medical waste containers are outside each room.

New Radiology Outpatient Care Unit improves patient safety, satisfaction

Mar 7, 2019

Patients at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center have a safer place to recover from sedation and anesthesia following radiology procedures thanks to the new Radiology Outpatient Care Unit.

Marissa Aulenbach, right, a board-certified music therapist at Penn State Children’s Hospital, plays a guitar while registered nurse Lauren Libhart tends to 4-month-old Caden Hoover. The baby is lying in a crib with wires and monitors attached to his body. Aulenbach is wearing a blue, long-sleeved shirt and jeans. Libhart is wearing blue scrubs, a headband and glasses. Several toys are in the crib.

Patients find this prescription for therapy is music to their ears

Feb 13, 2019

By Carolyn Kimmel After 12 days in the hospital, Hershey resident Anita Heckert could tell her optimism was waning, so when her occupational therapist suggested music therapy, she was game. “To have someone come and spend time with me that didn’t involve needles, drawing blood or an MRI was very appealing,” said Heckert who was […]

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