What Hurts?

Employees at Altru truly care for one another, care for patients and care for the community. In 2023, we will be spotlighting employees who have been ...

While there are a LOT of people excited about Altru’s new hospital, there may not be a team more excited about it than the Emergency Department (ED). ...

Construction on Altru’s new hospital is expected to be completed in late 2024, but excitement is building in the current NICU. Three NICU staff ...

For longtime blood donor Wayne Burlog, donating blood is more than a way to give back. It’s a way to give life. “I started in 1972,” says Wayne ...

Jesse Adkins isn’t a stranger to Altru at 63 years old. “I have been a patient at Altru for over 40 years of my life, including United Hospital,” ...

At 72 years old, Jerry Rolland had always considered himself a healthy person. So, when he noticed blood in his stool in early 2021, he tried not to ...

The members of Altru’s Code Lavender team know that, sometimes, it’s OK to not be OK. Now, they’re spreading the message to their fellow employees as ...

Tiffany Straub and her husband, Jonathan, spent 14 years of their marriage trying to conceive and grow their family. In 2006, the couple embarked on a ...

Terry Greenwood has served as a volunteer for many years. In a time of crisis, Altru was able to serve him. Terry hadn’t missed a day’s work in 45 ...

As an active 61-year-old mother and grandmother, Sally Jacobson never imagined her life’s story would include waiting for a liver transplant in order ...