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Friday, September 23, 2011  Blessing Hospital has achieved a quicker response for heart attack patients. Thirty eight minutes is the average time it takes for Blessing's staff to identify a heart attack and get blood flowing back to your heart. It's a new record for Blessing.

Sunday, February 20, 2011  Many Blessing physicians offered their services free of charge Saturday. More than 5 hundred people from the area attended the hospital's Wellness Day at the Oakley Lindsay Center.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009  Hannibal is welcoming a new doctor to town. But this new addition is a familiar face.  Cardiologist Doctor Edward Ha is a longtime resident of America's Hometown...and the son of another Hannibal cardiologist, Dr. Richard Ha. KHQA's Melissa Shriver found out what it's like for this father and son to work side by side.

Thursday, November 13, 2008  St. John's Regional Medical Center is eliminating 160 jobs as part of a plan to cut $30 million in expenses and preserve the hospital's core services.