Becky Ashton, Administrator

Herrin Hospital, is a 104-bed acute care facility that has served patients since 1913.

In 2007, the hospital expanded with a $19 million addition that moved all outpatient services, including rehabilitation, wound care and imaging, to the main floor for better accessibility. The renovation included a 10’x20’ indoor pool for aquatic therapy and upgraded patient accommodations to include private rooms and flat-screen televisions.

The addition coincided with the installation of The Julia Harrison Bruce and Fred G. Harrison Memorial Garden. The half-million dollar healing garden is open to the public for relaxation and is also utilized by therapy patients for practice walking on its various surfaces.

Nationally acclaimed acute rehabilitation, treating both neurological and orthopedic patients, is provided through an alliance with the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.

The hospital has a modern intensive care unit, surgical suites, and imaging services utilize digital technology including a film-less, digital picture archiving system.

As the first Accredited Chest Pain Center in southern Illinois, Herrin’s emergency department is able to stabilize and transfer heart attack victims to the cath lab in Carbondale in under 90 minutes – half the time it takes most hospital in the United States.