Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility

Tag Archives: St. John’s Mercy Medical Center

Jury finds for defense over broken instrument

A St. Louis County jury found the makers of a surgical instrument were not at fault for a fragment left during surgery in a patient, who later died. The jury also cleared Dr. Lukasz Curylo and nurse Stan Morgan of ...

Read More »

Angels fill growing niche of in-home nursing care

For longtime registered nurse and O’Fallon resident Sharon Vermilye, starting an in-home private duty nursing business was something she felt destined to do. It was just a matter of doing it. “My whole life I’d say, ‘If I had my ...

Read More »

Striking nurses entitled to unemployment benefits

A six-week strike by nurses at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center in Creve Coeur ended in 2005, but the nurses just learned they won’t have to pay back the unemployment benefits they received during the strike. The Missouri Supreme Court ...

Read More »