More than a century has passed since the light of Avera Sacred Heart Hospital began to shine on Yankton when the Benedictine Sisters began to provide care and compassion to the sick - first opening their doors in 1897. Today our light casts a healing glow over 120,000 residents in southeastern South Dakota and northeastern Nebraska and now illuminates a state-of-the-art center of care, ever expanding to meet the changing needs of this region. And yet...it is still the same simple light of healing that has always guided our mission ... to reach out to those who are hurting.
Recent News and Visiting Hours Articles
February 8, 2010
Hunhoff Earns Top Health Care Management Credential
Jean Hunhoff, FACHE, Corporate Compliance Quality Officer, Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, recently became a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the nation’s leading professional society for health care leaders.
February 8, 2010
Go Red For The Heart Of It Event Slated For Feb. 15
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital will be hosting its annual “Go Red for Heart Health of It” event from 5:30-8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, in the Avera Professional Office Pavilion and Education Center.
February 3, 2010
Cardiac Risk
Most people already know that heart disease is the No. 1 killer of both men and women in the United States. Most of us already know many of the main causes of heart disease - obesity, smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heredity, etc. So, the question is, what are we going to do about it?
