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Several staff of Taylorville Memorial Hospital along with three members of the Executive Committee of the Christian County Prevention Coalition were among the 150-plus in attendance during the Opioid Crisis Next Door Conference, “Keeping the Momentum: Are We Hitting the Mark?” held Wednesday, June 27 at the Crowne Plaza in Springfield, IL.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital Foundation was pleased to support local Taylorville teachers who attended the recent Mental Health First Aid training specifically geared toward helping youth with mental illness and substance abuse issues. The training was held at Lincoln Land Community College on June 1.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital Auxiliary held its third babysitting clinic this year on June 27.
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More than 300 people broke out into applause Friday morning (June 29) on the south side of Taylorville Memorial Hospital as hospital and community officials turned shovels full of soil at the conclusion of a ceremony to mark the construction of a 97,000-square-foot building.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital is excited to begin their historic construction project with a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, June 29, at 10 a.m. The ceremony will take place in front of the south entrance of the hospital.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital’s Senior Life Solutions program will host an open house on May 11 from 10 am until 1 pm in the Senior Life Solutions group room on the 4th floor of TMH.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital was proud to recognize the invaluable service of its volunteers during National Volunteer Week April 15-21. TMH honored volunteers who had reached service hour milestones during the annual volunteer appreciation luncheon held in the Janice Hopper Auditorium on Thursday, April 19.
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The Taylorville Memorial Hospital Foundation has published its 2017 Community Update celebrating its partnerships, great work and efforts that were made last year to further the hospital’s mission to improve the health of the community and people it serves.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital's plans to construct a two-story building that will replace most of the current hospital received a green light from the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital Auxiliary hosted another babysitting clinic on April 4.
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With flu cases in Illinois declining, Memorial Health System’s four hospitals have lifted their visitor restrictions.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital Foundation has welcomed Lacy Glenn, Cheryl Huggins, DJ Kennedy and Greg Patrick to serve on the TMH Foundation’s Board of Directors.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital will host a session to train community members to learn how to identify and respond to adults showing signs of mental illness and substance abuse.
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Janelle Cornell from Taylorville Memorial Hospital is teaming up with Lisa Peterson of the U of I Extension Office to offer a free class on roasting vegetables. The program will be held on March 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the University of Illinois Extension Office at 1120 N. Webster Street in Taylorville.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital Foundation is pleased to announce they are accepting scholarship applications for the John H. Butterfield Agriculture and Nutrition Scholarship. One $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to a deserving student who has graduated from a central Illinois high school with priority given to a Christian County resident. Applicants must be enrolled in a two or four year college or university and have the intention to pursue a career in agriculture or food nutrition.
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The Taylorville Memorial Hospital Foundation recently received a generous donation from the Christian County Clover 4-H Club in support of the Emergency Department’s Comfort Closet.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital and the Christian County Health Department are seeking input from the public to assess the health needs of the residents of Christian County.
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Pending approval from the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board, Taylorville Memorial Hospital will begin construction in June on a two-story, approximately 97,000-square-foot building that will replace most of the current hospital.
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Memorial Medical Center, HSHS St. John’s Hospital and the Sangamon County Department of Public Health are once again collaborating on a project to assess the health needs of the residents of Sangamon County.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital’s Senior Life Solutions program will soon host a free bi-weekly coffee group for seniors.
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The Taylorville Memorial Hospital Foundation is seeking donations for its annual appeal to help fund community health outreach initiatives.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital’s Senior Life Solutions program will soon be hosting a monthly seminar “Marketing for Seniors”. This seminar is geared for anyone who works or interacts with the senior community.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital employees have embraced the holiday spirit by collecting donations for several local entities.
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Memorial Health System is seeking volunteers to crochet or knit tiny red hats for babies born in February.
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The Taylorville Memorial Hospital Foundation has graciously accepted a $10,000 grant from the Bertrand Hopper Memorial Foundation in support of its newly developed Healthcare Careers Scholarship program. The Healthcare Careers Scholarship program will aid students who are interested in studying healthcare and will work at TMH upon degree completion.
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Illinois is experiencing a severe flu season, with many people experiencing flu-like symptoms throughout Illinois, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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The Taylorville Memorial Hospital Foundation announced the recipients of the Carolyn M. Butterfield Trust Nursing Scholarship and the John H. Butterfield Trust Agriculture and Nutrition Scholarship at its Signature Event fundraiser “Gifts of the Season” on Saturday, December 2 at the Pillars Event Center in Taylorville.
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As part of the American Heart Association's Little Hats, Big Hearts campaign, Memorial Health System is seeking volunteers to crochet or knit tiny red hats for babies born in February.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital has been recognized for overall excellence in quality, placing its performance in the top 25 percent of the nation's rural hospitals.
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The Taylorville Memorial Hospital Foundation will be hosting its annual Signature Event titled “Gifts of the Season” on Saturday, December 2 at The Pillars Event Center. Long-time event co-chairs Mary McNeely and Penny Bliler celebrate their fifth year of planning the event which promises to be a night to remember with a social hour at 6 p.m. followed by a welcome and plated dinner at 7 p.m. Music will be provided by acoustic duo “Lowder and Manning”.
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Memorial Health System earned one of the top excellence awards from the International Hospital Federation.
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As the weather starts to cool and the days become shorter, many may start to experience Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). SAD is a type of depression that comes and goes with the seasons, typically starting in the late fall and easing up in the spring.
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The Taylorville Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will be hosting its annual Holiday Extravaganza on Friday, November 17 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, November 18 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Janice Hopper Auditorium.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital hosted the bi-annual networking luncheon for staff of area hospitals whose work is dedicated to the elderly population on September 29. The group gathered to discuss ideas on community education efforts and how to effectively reach out to community referral sources. Hosted in the TMH Annex conference room, they were able to discuss sensitive information in a private environment.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital recently held My Day, a 37- year tradition for area first grade students. This field trip was attended by nearly 200 students over a two day period.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital hosted the Christian County Prevention Coalition’s “End the Trend to Addiction” event on Saturday, September 23.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital recently held education sessions for employees to learn Techniques for Effective Aggression Management (TEAM). This course provided employees with the knowledge and skills to keep patients and staff safe.
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The Diabetes Self-Management Class offered at Taylorville Memorial Hospital now has the financial support thanks to a grant awarded by the TMH Foundation. These funds are allocated to providing copies of the latest “Calorie King” by Alan Borushek book for everyone who takes the course.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital has been redesignated as an Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital effective August 28, 2017. This designation maintains TMH has the processes and technology in place to promptly diagnose and treat stroke patients with lifesaving measures prior to transfer.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital’s community health needs assessment identified access to pediatric dental services as a high-priority need. TMH spearheaded creation of a workgroup to address that need, bringing together hospital staff, Taylorville Community School District officials and local dentists, as well as other community members.
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Memorial Health System received one of the top honors today in a statewide quality excellence competition sponsored by the Illinois Health and Hospital Association (IHA) – the fifth quality award that the health system has received from the association in the last five years.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital will host a session to train community members to learn how to identify and respond to youth showing signs of mental illness and substance abuse. This training is recommended for anyone 18 or older who regularly have contact with young people ages 12-18 such as teachers, coaches, social workers, faith leaders and other caring citizens, but is open to everyone.
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The Taylorville Memorial Hospital Foundation is proud to announce their support of the Comfort Closet at Taylorville Memorial Hospital. To date, the Foundation has provided a $500 grant to fund this program.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital is pleased to welcome Stephen Salisbury, PharmD, as the newest pharmacist at the hospital.
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The Taylorville Memorial Hospital Auxiliary hosted its annual FORE! Golf Outing on Saturday, July 15 on the beautiful greens at Lakeshore Golf Course. Fifteen teams participated in the 18 hole, 4 person scramble.
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The Taylorville Memorial Hospital Foundation is pleased to announce that over $28,000 was donated during the 2017 Mission in Action (MIA) employee giving campaign.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital (TMH) is one of the nation’s most wired hospitals, according to the Hospital & Health Networks’ 19th annual Health Care’s Most Wired Survey.
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The Taylorville Memorial Hospital Foundation is proud to announce that Mallory Brotherton and Grace Markwell, both 2017 graduates of Taylorville High School, have been awarded the 2017 Dr. George Ferry Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is administered annually through the Taylorville Memorial Hospital Foundation.
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Edgar J. Curtis, president and CEO of Memorial Health System, will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters from the University of Illinois on May 13 during commencement ceremonies for the University of Illinois Springfield.
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College students interested in a career in rural healthcare can apply for a program to observe healthcare professionals at Taylorville Memorial Hospital.
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Louise Noren has been a volunteer at Taylorville Memorial Hospital since the then established St. Vincent Memorial Hospital first started having volunteers in the early 1950’s, giving over 65 years of service.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital Auxiliary held six Central Illinois Community Blood Center drives in 2016. Through these drives, this community provided 392 units of blood, impacting the lives of up to 1,568 patients.
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Visitors to Taylorville Memorial Hospital Encouraged to Take Precautions to Prevent Spread of Influenza
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Edgar J. Curtis, president and CEO of Memorial Health System in Springfield, will become chair of the Illinois Health and Hospital Association's 2017 board of trustees on Jan. 1.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital has upgraded its website so patients have improved access on all electronic devices, including mobile phones and tablets.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital offers its patients the best of both worlds, according to the nonprofit hospital’s president and CEO, Kim Bourne.
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Memorial Medical Center is accepting applications for exhibitors to participate in its seventh annual Be Aware Women’s Fair in October.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital now offers one of the latest advancements in breast cancer detection – 3-D mammography.
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To stress the importance of behavioral health to overall wellness and to strengthen its connection to Memorial Health System, Mental Health Centers of Central Illinois has changed its name to Memorial Behavioral Health.
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Decatur Memorial Hospital has joined The BJC Collaborative, a collaboration among health care systems throughout Illinois, Missouri and Eastern Kansas.
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The Taylorville Memorial Hospital Foundation welcomed three new board members and elected new officers at a recent meeting of its board of directors.
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Visitors to ChooseMemorial.org can access a PDF file of the 2015 annual report for the seven-affiliate health system, which includes patient testimonials and significant achievements realized on behalf of the patients and communities served by the health system.
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Edgar J. Curtis, president and CEO of Memorial Health System in Springfield, has been elected chair-elect of the 2016 Illinois Health and Hospital Association’s board of trustees.
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Dr. Richard Jeisy has been named the new medical director of Taylorville Memorial Hospital's emergency department.
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An Open House reception will be held on Sunday, November 1, from 2-4 pm to honor Wayne Manson, MD for his many years of dedicated service to the Taylorville community.
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Memorial is One of Only Two Illinois Hospitals Outside of Chicago to Achieve Certification.
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Molly Wilson has joined Memorial Health System as administrator of marketing and communications.
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Memorial Health System was the highest ranked healthcare system to receive a national award for its commitment to learning innovation.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital has launched an updated version of its website to improve the community's access.
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Register for the TMH "Lose to Win" challenge! Prize money is awarded at the end of this weight-loss incentive program to the individuals and team that lose the most weight during the program. Weight loss is measured by percentage of weight lost, not pounds.
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A community open house will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 17, for the Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation, at the intersection of Rutledge and Miller streets on the Memorial Medical Center campus.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital is accepting applications for a free, three-day summer camp for high school students interested in a nursing career.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital announced updates to its website, TaylorvilleMemorial.org, that include changes to navigation and look and feel.
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Gifts from generous donors have allowed Taylorville Memorial Hospital Foundation the opportunity to present recipients in our community scholarships on an annual basis.
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Memorial Health System's annual report is now available to the public online.
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Raedena Ryan has been named the new executive director of the Taylorville Memorial Hospital Foundation,
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When you consider a gift, think about keeping Taylorville Memorial Hospital and TMH Foundation strong, so that we can continue to provide quality healthcare services to the citizens of Christian County.
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Kimbery L. Bourne, system director of patient safety for Memorial Health System, has been named the new president and CEO of Taylorville Memorial Hospital.
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When Erma Tester's husband, Everett, passed away after 63 years of marriage in the fall of 2012, the grief was overwhelming.
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The Illinois Department of Public Health has named Taylorville Memorial Hospital an Emergent Stroke Ready Hospital - one of an estimated 20 critical-access hospitals in the state to receive the designation.
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Memorial Home Services Hospice will offer training in October to people who are interested in serving as volunteers.
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Charles Callahan, senior vice president and chief quality officer for Memorial Health System, has been promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective April 1.
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Passavant Area Hospital in Jacksonville has cleared all regulatory approvals and has become the fourth hospital to join Memorial Health System.
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In an effort to reduce Christain County's colon-cancer rate below the statewide average, healthcare professionals at Taylorville Memorial Hospital are urging residents to be screened for colon cancer in March.
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With flu cases in Illinois declining, Memorial Health System's three hospitals - Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln, Memorial Medical Center in Springfield and Taylorville Memorial Hospital - have lifted their visitor restrictions.
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Memorial Health System's annual report is now available to the public online.
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Memorial Health System chairman of the board James P. Bruner and Passavant Area Hospital board chairwoman Janet M. Terry have announced the two organizations have signed an affiliation agreement that would make Passavant the Springfield-based health system's fourth hospital, pending regulatory approvals.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital was one of 40 hospitals and health systems in the country to earn an award recognizing the nonprofit hospital for excellence in achieving national performance standards for clinical quality, safety and patient experience.
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A free community event on sleep apnea will be held at Taylorville Memorial Hospital at noon Wednesday, Nov. 6.
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Memorial Health System captured top honors in the healthcare system category in a quality excellence competition sponsored by the Illinois Hospital Association.
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Two Memorial Health System Hospitals - Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital of Lincoln and Taylorville Memorial Hospital - have been recognized by iVantage Health Analytics as two of the nation's top 100 best-performing critical access hospitals.
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Listen to a WUIS interview with Dr. Raj Govindaiah, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, on the flu situation in our community and how it is affecting Memorial.
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Taylorville Memorial Hospital is featured in Memorial Health System's 2012 annual report, which is now available to the public online.
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For the safety of patients and their families, Memorial Health System is recommending visitors to its three hospitals — Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln and Taylorville Memorial Hospital in Taylorville —help prevent the spread of respiratory infections by requesting that: • Inpatient hospital visits be limited to two visitors per patient at one time; • All visitors be 18 or older and show no signs of illness.
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