Wabash General Hospital

Wabash General Hospital had a great Tuesday evening surrounded by other local businesses at the Wabash County Chamber of Commerce 2024 Annual Banquet! ?? Congratulation to those who won awards and businesses who reached milestones in 2024! A big thank you to the Wabash County Chamber of Commerce for everything they do in our community! ??

Congratulations to the WGH Marketing Team for receiving four Pinnacle Awards in the following categories at the Illinois Society for Healthcare Marketing and Public Relations: Advertising - Outdoor with the 2024 Community Person of the Year Billboard Fundraising Activities with the WGH Foundation Soiree Special Event with the Health & Wellness Extravaganza Video Production with Andrea Loll’s Patient Testimonial Special thanks to Full Stadium Marketing and MHP Media Group for helping with these projects!

Sydney Kohlmeier, Megan Prosise, and Vicki Stipp attended Wood Memorial's Career Fair! They showed students a glimpse into the exciting career trails available at Wabash General Hospital! From hands-on clinical roles to behind-the-scenes support positions, there’s a trail for everyone! Explore your potential and discover where your passion can lead you in the world of health care.

Please join us in welcoming Nate Stevenson as our new Vice President of Project Management & Infrastructure. As the Vice President of Project Management & Infrastructure, Nate will work closely with Tim Raibley and Steve York, oversee Plant Operations and construction projects, and report to the Chief Operating Officer, Tamara Gould. Nate grew up in West Salem, Illinois and has been a resident in Mt Carmel since 2008. He completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, IN and has been a licensed professional engineer since 2005. Nate has worked for the past 16 years at Duke Energy mostly in leadership roles for various engineering and project management teams. Most recently, Nate has worked as a Director of Outages and Project Governance at the Gibson Generating Station in Owensville, IN. Prior to joining Duke Energy, he worked for six years in engineering and long-range planning roles in Southern California for the County of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works. He and his wife, Natalie, reside in Mount Carmel with their three children – Madisyn, Drake, and Aubrey. Nate has been a basketball coach in the junior high program for five years and volunteers as a board member for the Wabash County Youth in Action and Wabash Valley College Foundation.

Katheryn McWhirter, Vice President of Quality, attended the National Rural Health Association conference in Kansas City in September and received WGH’s Top 20 Critical Access Hospital in Quality award. We are so honored to receive this national recognition. Thank you to all of WGH staff for providing high quality care!

And that concludes our Annual Company Picnic! A huge shoutout to all our incredible employees! We truly appreciate the dedication and effort each of you brings to keep our hospital thriving. We had an absolute blast with a day packed full of delicious food, tasty desserts, refreshing drinks, face painting fun, exciting prizes, and bingo games! Thank you for making it such a memorable occasion—your hard work is the heart of what we do! Special thanks to all of our Vendors! Drinks by The Lemon Drop Appetizers by Lil Bit of Asia Meal by Beer Bones BBQ Catering and Food Trailer Ice cream by JB's Barnyard Cookies by Wooden Spoon Cookies LLC Flowers by Wild Child Flower Farm Face Painting by Face Craze Face Painting

?? WOW! ?? Even with the last minute location change our Annual Health & Wellness Extravaganza was a success! We want to give a HUGE shoutout to the nearly 300 of you that attended and vendors that were able to come! We are already counting down for next year!??