EFFINGHAM, Ill. — To help protect people in the community from accidental ingestion or overdose of medication, HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital has placed a safe drug disposal bin just inside of the hospital’s main entrance. This locked and secured bin is for any unused or expired prescription and over-the-counter medications, and can be accessed during the hours the main entrance is open – Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For more information about HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital, visit stanthonyshospital.org.
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About HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital
HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital, Effingham, celebrating 150 years of serving the Effingham community, is part of Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), a nonprofit Catholic health care ministry founded in 1875. Dedicated to our Mission to reveal and embody Christ’s healing love for all people through high-quality Franciscan health care, HSHS clinicians provide exceptional care centered on the whole person. Based in Springfield, Illinois, HSHS employs nearly 11,000 colleagues who provide care in 13 acute-care, children’s and critical-access hospitals and home health and hospice programs in Central and Southern Illinois and Eastern Wisconsin. HSHS is aligned with more than 1,000 primary and specialty physicians and advanced practitioners through its owned affiliates HSHS Medical Group and Prairie Cardiovascular and its partnership with Prevea Health. For more information about HSHS, visit hshs.org.