CentraCare - Benson

04/29/2026

Congratulations to patient access assistant Sandy Fossen, CentraCare - Benson’s 2026 Our Best Begins With Me (OBBWM) Award winner!

This award recognizes team members who live CentraCare’s purpose and values by listening, serving, guiding and healing while bringing their best each day.

Below is the nomination submitted by Sandy’s colleague:
“𝑰 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒐𝒑-𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒆. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒅. 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒕𝒐, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒖𝒑. 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆.

𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒆𝒔. 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚.

𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑, 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒆'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅, 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅.”

Congratulations, Sandy, on this well-deserved honor, and thank you for all you do for our Benson team!

04/27/2026

04/26/2026

Don't miss your chance to order this year's CentraCare - Benson Color 5k t-shirt!

Orders and payment are due TOMORROW, April 27!

To order a t-shirt visit https://www.centracare.com/app/calendar/event/detail.aspx?eventId=2ca2953b-6515-f011-a87b-000d3a611c21

Download the order form, print and return with payment to the hospital.
PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO LEGACY PRINTWEAR.

04/24/2026

Another shout-out to CentraCare – Benson laboratory tech, Heather F., for visiting with Benson Public Schools #777's Intro to Healthcare Careers class on Tuesday about laboratory medicine!

We greatly appreciate the opportunity to engage with students and influence the next generation of health care professionals!

04/24/2026

Shout-out to our Benson EMS team members Alisa M., Lacie W., Melinda Y., Tony L. and Garrett L. for participating in a mock car accident with Benson High School students on Monday. Thank you for helping educate students on the importance of safe driving!

04/24/2026

Family medicine physician Dr. Rebeka Srbu is celebrating one year this month at CentraCare - Benson!

She shared this about her first year:
"𝑺𝑶 𝑴𝑼𝑪𝑯 𝑮𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑻 𝑻𝑬𝑨𝑴𝑾𝑶𝑹𝑲 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒏𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒇𝒇, 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒍𝒂𝒃, 𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚...𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹𝒀𝑶𝑵𝑬.
𝑩𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍. 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒂𝒃, 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒂𝒕𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚.
𝑺𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒉 [𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈] 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒂 [𝑴𝒄𝑮𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒚-𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒔𝒐𝒏] 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒂𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔; 𝑻𝑯𝑬𝒀 𝑯𝑨𝑽𝑬 𝑩𝑬𝑬𝑵 𝑾𝑶𝑵𝑫𝑬𝑹𝑭𝑼𝑳 𝑻𝑶 𝑾𝑶𝑹𝑲 𝑾𝑰𝑻𝑯.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒚𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈; 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉e 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈/𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆."

Patients have described Dr. Srbu as attentive, friendly, caring and very helpful. We are grateful for the compassionate, patient-centered care she provides patients every day. Dr. Srbu, we are so happy you are here at CentraCare - Benson!

04/22/2026

Getting ready for your child’s shots? A few small comforts can make a big difference. 🤗🩹

This National Infant Immunization Week, consider some of these helpful tips to help calm and comfort your child during immunizations:

🧸 Bring a familiar item, like a favorite toy or blanket.
😌 Stay close and calm.
🎶 Use gentle distractions, like talking softly, singing, or making simple sounds.
🍼 Provide a bottle or breastfeed immediately after.

And a big thank you to our nurses who make each visit as gentle as possible!

04/22/2026

If you’ve ever wondered whether becoming an organ donor really makes an impact, you’re not alone.

This Donate Life Month, CentraCare Director of Patient Care Support, Jennifer Seifert, is helping clear things up—who can become a donor, the real impact one person can have, and why it matters more than most people realize.

Ready to make a difference? Consider registering as an organ and tissue donor today: https://www.lifesourcedonorregistry.org/

04/20/2026

Get ready for the 2026 CentraCare - Benson Color 5k, coming up on Saturday, May 9!

T-shirt orders are due by Monday, April 27! Check out how to order and more information on our event page: https://www.facebook.com/share/1CKh5iDfc1/

04/16/2026

This week is Severe Weather Awareness Week in Minnesota and today all CentraCare sites will participate in a tornado drill.

Coincidentally, this week 140 years ago (April 14, 1886), a devastating cyclone ripped through St. Cloud, Sauk Rapids and Rice, Minnesota, killing 72 people and injuring hundreds.

This disaster, still the deadliest tornado in Minnesota history, showed the community both the need for hospital care and the ability, care and fortitude of the Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict, who had just opened the first hospital two months prior.

(Photo courtesy of St. Benedict's Monastery Archives)

04/14/2026

CentraCare is expanding cancer prevention and early detection with the launch of the High-Risk Breast Clinic, opening this month.

Designed for patients with an increased risk of breast cancer, the clinic offers personalized risk assessments, genetic guidance, and proactive care plans focused on prevention and early detection.

Patients may benefit if they have a family history of cancer, dense breast tissue, prior abnormal biopsies, or other risk factors.

Breast cancer affects about 1 in 8 women in the U.S. This clinic helps identify risk earlier and take action sooner, and brings together a team of specialists to provide coordinated, compassionate care.

Learn more or connect with our team: https://www.centracare.com/services/breast-care/high-risk-breast-clinic/

04/10/2026

Thank you to our communities for your generous support of CentraCare EMS and CentraCare Foundation!

This new equipment improves safety and comfort for patients while also helping protect our EMS crew from injury.

We’re grateful for the support that helps us care for our community every day.

Thanks to generous community support, the CentraCare EMS program purchased a Binder Lift for each of its 21 ambulances.

The Binder Lift is a heavy-duty padded wrap with multiple handles that surrounds the patient’s torso and has two straps that connect between the legs to make it safer and easier for EMS crew members to lift the patient – especially if a patient is larger or has fallen in a small area such as a bathroom. The Binder Lift also helps to reduce back injuries in EMS workers.

“The Binder Lift is a win-win. Not only is it safer for our patients, but it also helps to reduce back injuries in our EMS staff,” said Brad Hanson, Senior Director, CentraCare Emergency Medical Services. “We are truly grateful for the gifts from our community which helped to make it possible for us to purchase these lifts.”