CROWN POINT, Ind. (CBS) -- A judge has upheld a ruling that Franciscan Health may not shut down its hospital in Hammond, Indiana in at the end of the year as planned. Franciscan Health announced in ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis now has another Safe Haven Baby Box, where mothers in crisis can safely surrender their newborn. The newest box was installed at Franciscan Health on the south side of ...

Franciscan Health entered into an agreement in 2018 with South Bend, Ind.-based Beacon Health System that involved a 50-50 joint partnership in the development of Franciscan Beacon Hospital. The ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — To help people prepare for flu season, Franciscan Health is hosting multiple drive-thru flu shot clinics this month and next in central Indiana. Flu shots will be available to ...

MISHAWAKA – Lori Price, RN, MSA, BS, FACHE, has been appointed president and CEO for Franciscan Health Central Indiana. She succeeds Dr. James Callaghan, who was named senior vice president and chief ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Women may qualify for free mammograms at three locations, Franciscan Health says, thanks to a grant from the Indiana Breast Cancer Awareness Trust. The trust’s grants are ...

HAMMOND, Ind. (WLS) -- Health Hammond. The effort comes after news that the hospital will reduce services later this year. It's a hospital that has a history in Hammond going back more than 100 years.

HAMMOND, Ind. (WLS) -- The city of Hammond is asking a Lake County Superior Court judge to issue a preliminary injunction to stop Franciscan Health from shuttering its downtown ER by the end of the ...

When Franciscan Alliance closed its Hammond campus completely at the end of 2022, it left the city’s downtown without significant, easy access to a center handling acute health care needs. Formerly ...

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Franciscan Health plans to end inpatient and emergency care at its 226-bed hospital in Hammond, Ind., by the end of 2022. In 2021, the system announced plans to scale down the hospital to a 10-bed ...