Long-Time Siouxland Physcian Couple Honored for Service
Drs. Askar and Fahima Qalbani, longtime married physicians in the Siouxland area, are this year’s recipients of the Mercy Medical Center Foundation’s annual George G. Spellman Service Award. The Qalbanis have served the Siouxland community for a combined 80 years. The award will presented at the 2017 Mercy Fall Gala on November 4, 2017.
New Skilled Nursing Unit Opens at Mercy
Mercy Medical Center has opened a new Skilled Nursing Unit on the 7th Floor in the North Building.
Mercy Now Using New Stent for Coronary Artery Disease
Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa, used its first commercial implant of the newly FDA-approved Medtronic Resolute Onyx Drug-Eluting Stent (DES) in June. Mercy is the only hospital in the area to use the new drug–eluting stent for patients with coronary artery disease.