Franciscan Health

The city of Hammond continues gaining control over downtown property, as redevelopment efforts continue.

A record donation to the Franciscan Health Foundation will pave the way for a new cancer center in Crown Point. Franciscan Health says The Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation has donated $30 million to the foundation, the largest donation ever to the Franciscan Health Foundation. That'll let Franciscan build a three-story Dean and Barbara White Cancer Center at its new Crown Point hospital at I-65 and U.S. 231.

Franciscan Health is looking to take a holistic view of trauma with its 2023 trauma symposium.

It's been months since Franciscan Health closed the former St. Margaret Hospital. Now, Franciscan Alliance has given away some of its land in downtown Hammond.

Hammond Mayor Tom McDermott Jr. says changing his mind about the West Lake Corridor has opened new opportunities for downtown Hammond.

Residents of Northwest Indiana’s largest city will soon have to travel to other communities for emergency medical care. The emergency room at Franciscan Health in Hammond will stop taking ambulances at 6 a.m. the day before Christmas Eve, according to a hospital spokesperson. Then on December 31st, all emergency room services will come to an end.

Today: Workforce innovator-speaker-author Sophie Wade, the keynote speaker for a breakfast meeting today, is on "Regionally Speaking" to talk about the shift in the workforce paradigm in America. Wade spoke at the initial event of a series of conversations sponsored by the Center for Workforce Innovations and the Northwest Indiana Workforce Board.

Today: Workforce innovator-speaker-author Sophie Wade, the keynote speaker for a breakfast meeting today, is on "Regionally Speaking" to talk about the shift in the workforce paradigm in America. Wade spoke at the initial event of a series of conversations sponsored by the Center for Workforce Innovations and the Northwest Indiana Workforce Board.

Hammond Mayor Tom McDermott Jr. says he was stunned by Franciscan Health's decision last year to downsize the former St. Margaret Hospital but says it's a symptom of a nationwide problem.

Today: Patrick Maloney, the president-CEO of Franciscan Health Dyer-Munster-Hammond and Cal Bellamy, the chair of the northwest regional Franciscan Health…