Wilmington Hospital

11/14/2025

🚐💚 ChristianaCare’s Mobile Health Services are on the move! We’re bringing high-quality, compassionate care directly into neighborhoods across Delaware — making health care more convenient, accessible, and closer to home.

Our Mobile Health vans offer a wide range of services for adults and children, including:
✔️ Physicals and wellness checks
✔️ Vaccinations
✔️ Behavioral health visits
✔️ OB/GYN care
✔️ Blood pressure screenings
✔️ Same-day sick visits
… and more — all delivered by our expert caregivers in a safe, welcoming environment.

Whether you’re keeping up with routine health needs or looking for support without the travel, our team is here for you. Check our schedule to see when we’ll be in your community next or submit a request to have our Mobile Health Services van come to your next community event : https://ow.ly/OIXT50XrLyQ

Together, we’re building healthier neighborhoods—one stop at a time. 💚

11/14/2025

November is National Bladder Health Awareness Month. Did you know that bladder health can play a role in your risk of falling? An overactive bladder or needing to use the bathroom multiple times during the night can lead to increased fall risk. In addition, some medications used to treat bladder conditions may also cause side effects that contribute to falls.

Our caregivers at ChristianaCare HomeHealth are here to help you stay safe with simple steps that can make a big difference:

🛏️ Keep a bedside commode to reduce nighttime trips to the bathroom.
💡 Use nightlights or motion-activated lighting in your bedroom and bathroom for better visibility.
🪑 Rise slowly from sitting or lying positions to prevent dizziness.

ChristianaCare HomeHealth has proudly served our community since 1922, providing skilled, coordinated, compassionate in-home care. We are honored to care for Delawareans with and .

Learn more about ChristianaCare HomeHealth by visiting our website: https://ow.ly/T8sl50XrLcI or calling 1-888-862-0001 for a referral.

10/16/2025

💚 Great news for heart and vascular care in Wilmington!

ChristianaCare has opened a new outpatient cardiology practice at Wilmington Hospital, expanding access to life-saving care for those with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and other heart conditions.

Led by Dr. Vikashsingh Rambhujun, MBBS, the new practice brings expert, compassionate care closer to home — right in the heart of our community.

Learn more: https://news.christianacare.org/2025/10/new-outpatient-cardiology-practice-opens-at-wilmington-hospital/

With the opening of a new cardiology practice at its Wilmington campus, ChristianaCare is bringing life-saving treatment for peripheral artery disease (PAD) closer to home for people who live in and around the city of Wilmington, Delaware. Peripheral artery disease happens when plaque builds up in t...

09/19/2025

🩸 September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month. Sickle cell disease is one of the most common genetic conditions affecting red blood cells.

Dr. Stephanie Guarino shares how ChristianaCare's Center for Special Health Care Needs supports our neighbors living with this condition.

Learn more about our Sickle Cell program: https://ow.ly/JakK50WZ2Nr

09/16/2025

During National Healthcare Environmental Services Week, we thank our Environmental Services caregivers who are on the front line of infection prevention to provide a clean, safe and healthy environment for our patients daily, serving with and .

Want to join our team of environmental services caregivers? Check out our careers page: https://ow.ly/8YaF50WXCbI

09/13/2025

Today is World Sepsis Day. Sepsis is a life-threatening reaction to infection that can escalate quickly. Watch for symptoms like high heart rate, fever, confusion, or extreme pain. Early recognition matters—treatment like antibiotics can prevent serious complications.

Reduce your risk:
✅ Keep wounds clean
✅ Seek care if symptoms worsen
✅ Finish prescribed antibiotics

👉 Learn more in our latest wellness blog: https://ow.ly/f8Tz50WVaFA

09/11/2025

As we grow older, the homes we’ve loved for years can become challenging. ⛰️🚪🛁

Stairs can feel like mountains, and bathrooms can turn into hazard zones — risks that go far beyond simple inconvenience.

On today’s new episode of For the Love of Health, discover how ChristianaCare and Good Neighbors Home Repair are partnering to help dozens of New Castle County neighbors stay safe, healthy and independent in their own homes.

🎙️ Listen now at podcast.christianacare.org.

07/01/2025

Team work makes the dream work! Congratulations to the 7N Behavioral Health Unit at Wilmington Hospital for receiving the DAISY Team Award for Extraordinary Nurses! The DAISY Team Award recognizes teamwork and patient- and family-centered care that make a positive, measurable impact.

“My physical and mental well–being were saved by this team,” said the nominator, who was a patient on the unit.

“It was evident from each of these individuals that they genuinely and graciously wanted to be caring for patients experiencing psychiatric emergencies.”

The patient shared that the members of the interdisciplinary team provided personal, compassionate care.

“I want to thank each interdisciplinary team member which includes psychiatry and emergency room providers, nursing staff, patient care technicians, behavioral health specialists, social workers, occupational therapists and pastoral support caregivers.” Read more: https://ow.ly/IzWB50Wj0TN

For providing exceptional care to patients and their families, the 7N Behavioral Health Unit at Wilmington Hospital has received the DAISY Team Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The DAISY Team Award recognizes teamwork and patient- and family-centered care that make a positive, measurable impact. Inte...

06/24/2025

Hot diggity dog! 🐕 Caregivers at our Wilmington Hospital campus took some time recently to "paws" and de-stress, thanks to our Center For WorkLife Wellbeing. They visited with our cute and cuddly friends from PAWS for People who did some tricks for them, and offered lots of kisses and time for belly rubs.

06/03/2025

As we recently continued our National Police and Public Safety Week celebration, two of our public safety officers at Wilmington Hospital received certificates of service for their outstanding performance and service to their fellow caregivers and our neighbors.

We thank all of our public safety, EMS and dispatch caregivers for their continued dedication to keeping our caregivers and patients safe.

05/17/2025

Today is World Hypertension Day. Hypertension (high blood pressure) can be checked, lowered and controlled with healthy lifestyle changes. Did you know that with a valid Delaware Library card, you are able to check out a blood pressure measurement device from any library in Delaware? Included with the device are informational materials to accurately self-monitor your blood pressure at home.

Learn more by visiting this site and clicking on the menu for health and wellness: https://ow.ly/5HiZ50VUeJ9.

05/08/2025

A peek back at nursing history: On Nov. 19, 1901, the first nurses to graduate from the nursing program at Delaware Hospital (the precursor to Wilmington Hospital) included Margaret Donnigan, Nellie Lee Carpenter, Geraldine Magee, Margaret McConnell and Eva B. Hayes.