Knox Community Hospital

Sep 9, 2021

Local births reported by Knox Community Hospital, Sept. 1, 2021.

OB/Gyn: Knox Community Hospital offers services for everyone from teens to seniors

Sep 6, 2021

Knox Community Hospital’s Obstetrics and Gynecology Department is known for delivering babies but it actually provides many other services, the Hospital’s Dr. Amy Flammer told the Mount Vernon News.

Early detection key to reducing threat of prostate cancer, Knox Community Hospital says

Aug 30, 2021

September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and Knox Community Hospital is stressing the importance of screening for the disease.

Knox Community Hospital's Home Health Services provides care, necessities

Aug 23, 2021

In 2018, Knox Community Hospital (KCH) added Home Health Services to its community offerings.

Watch out for ticks

Aug 23, 2021

Take a break and go for a hike! It’s a healthy thing to do this time of year.

Living with Diabetes: Knox Community Hospital program educates patients on how to stay healthy

Aug 23, 2021

Knox Community hospital offers a program called, “Living with Diabetes” which helps educate and support patients as they manage the disease.

Danney Lee Hamilton

Aug 19, 2021

Danney "Bubba" Lee Hamilton, 52, of Mount Vernon, passed away unexpectedly on July 19, 2021, at Knox Community Hospital.

Letter to the Editor

Aug 19, 2021

To the Editor:I am appalled that the Knox Community Hospital has chosen not to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for all employees.

Knox Community Hospital will not mandate COVID-19 vaccinations

Aug 18, 2021

A group of Knox Community Hospital employees who staged a brief protest during breaks from their jobs were pleased to learn that the hospital would not mandate COVID-19 vaccinations.

Letter to the Editor

Aug 16, 2021

To the Editor: Hats off to those hospital workers who chose to use their freedom of speech to strengthen their freedom of choice.

Wright Family Medical Pavilion to temporarily close Lab

Aug 16, 2021

Beginning Monday, the Lab in the Wright Family Medical Pavilion at Knox Community Hospital will be closed for an uncertain amount of time.

Express Endo service at KCH offers convenience in scheduling colorectal screenings

Aug 16, 2021

Colonoscopy is the gold standard screening procedure when it comes to detecting precancerous polyps and cancers of the gastrointestinal tract.

Knox Community Hospital offers new treatments for arthritis, lupus and other auto-immune disorders

Aug 9, 2021

When patients hear the word rheumatology, they often think of arthritis.

KCH requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID‐19

Aug 7, 2021

Effective this month, Knox Community Hospital (KCH) will insist all its employees must be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus.

KCH launches educational series to heighten overdose awareness

Aug 7, 2021

Knox Community Hospital will hold a series of events marking August as Overdose Awareness Month.

New birthing center focuses on family care

Aug 2, 2021

The new Ann Schnormeier Center for Birthing Care at Knox Community Hospital opened in March 2020, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was arriving.

Go Pink for a Cure raises $32K via golf scramble

Jul 29, 2021

Despite fears the pandemic would dampen donations, this year’s Go Pink for a Cure golf scramble on June 26 raised $32,000, besting last year’s total by $5,000.