(Honesdale, August 20, 2007)…The new dean of a proposed medical school in Scranton drew a standing room only crowd at Wayne Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, August 15.  More than 50 members of Wayne Memorial’s medical staff,  boards of trustees and administrators showed up to hear Robert D’Alessandri, M.D. t...

(Honesdale, July 10, 2007)… Elaine Hercher, a certified nurse midwife and a native of Dunmore, Lackawanna County, has joined Women’s Health Care of Northeastern Pennsylvania in Honesdale. Since she arrived in June, Hercher has delivered 10 babies—two girls and eight boys—at Wayne Memorial Hospital.

(Honesdale, July 9, 2007)…Tobacco Free Campus. Together for Health School Program. The Prevention Initiative. The Well Weighs Project to Address Obesity/Overweight Issues.  Wayne County on the Move… Do these names sound familiar? They’re all healthy lifestyle projects that have made local headlines, and they’re all projects with which Donna Decker, RN, has been associated, most often at the helm.<...

(Honesdale, June 28, 2007)… “We used to deliver babies all the way down the hall in another room.  Now we have birthing suites,” said Joyce Bannon, RN at Wayne Memorial Hospital’s New Beginnings unit.  Bannon was reminiscing during the hospital’s 33rd annual Service Awards program honoring the dedication of...

Veterans are always giving back—that was a message that came through loud and clear at Wayne Memorial Hospital, when the Hogencamp/Schupper Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 531 offered to sponsor a hike at Prompton Dam Park to benefit the hospital’s capital campaign, Operation Vital Signs. More than 30 people showed up for the walk on May 6th, helping to raise $600 for the campaign. Pictured at the check presentation, lef...

(Honesdale, June 20, 2007)… Summertime living can be easy even if you have diabetes.  Carol Kneier, a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator with Wayne Memorial Hospital, helps people not only live with diabetes but live well with the illness. Her next class starts Thursday, June 28th. It runs for four consecutive Thursdays at the Hospital,...

(HONESDALE PA, June 20, 2007)—Sunshine and a handshake clinch the relationship between two local institutions for the betterment of the community at large—PPL Utilities and the non-profit Wayne Memorial Hospital. For the second year in a row, PPL donated $6,000 to Wayne Memorial’s capital campaign, Operation Vital Signs. PPL’s Paul Canaveri, Regional Community Relations Director (left) said the compan...

“This is a worthy cause. The camp does good work.”  That was the general consensus among physicians on the Wayne Memorial Hospital Medical Staff when they voted to donate $1,000 to Dyberry Day Camp for this summer’s session. The Day Camp serves the local chapter of The Arc, a national organization dedicated to helping mentally and developmentally challen...

(HONESDALE, PA, June 7, 2007)—A monkey was loose in the museum!  At least it was in Rachel Iatarola’s book “A Very Tricky Monkey.” Rachel, a student from Julie Pierson’s 6th grade English class, read her original book to David Hoff, CEO of Wayne Memorial Hospital. “I’m impressed by not only how well you write and read, but how good the pictures are,” sai...

(HONESDALE, PA, May 31, 2007)…These five young women, pictured with members of the Wayne Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, are smiling for a good reason. They’ve chosen to pursue one of the most respected professions in the U.S.—nursing—and they’re getting paid to do it. All local high school seniors, they were picked by the Wayne Memorial Hospital Auxiliary to receive nursing scholarships for college. Thi...

(Honesdale, May 30, 2007)… The new Wayne Memorial Hospital Auxiliary’s Women’s Imaging Center will be open to the public on Sunday, June 3rd, from 1pm – 3pm.  The Center is a private suite of 10 rooms dedicated to women’s health. Closed off from the rest of the hospital, the new center offers mammography, dexascans (bone scans), ultrasound and core biopsy procedures.

(Honesdale, May 23, 2007)… “You treat all ages in Family Practice medicine, and it’s a challenge I really enjoy,” says Joy Mendelsohn, MD. “I get to know people in the context of their families. It’s a very direct relationship between patients and staff.”

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(Honesdale, May 17, 2007)…Two Pennsylvania State Senators, including the Senate Majority Leader, went on a multi-stop tour of Wayne Memorial Hospital (WMH) and fielded questions from WMH staff, board members, community group representatives and the press in the David Katz Conference Center today—all in less than two hours.

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(Honesdale, April 20, 2007)…Waymart residents have another choice for medical care! More than 50 people showed up for the official ribbon cutting April 19th for the Waymart Medical Center, a Wayne Memorial Health System (WMHS) facility offering x-ray and blood-draw services with physician services anticipated by midsummer. Pediatric Practices, which relocated its Carbondale office to this site, opened...