Warm and Cozy in Five Degrees

Besides boasting the spirit of the Fighting Irish, South Bend, Indiana, is teeming with stories and history in its branch of Memorial Health Hospital. Last week StoryCorps Door-to-Door’s team was hosted for two days by the Memorial Health Foundation in the hospital’s Health Discovery Center, where Facilitators witnessed conversations between pairs of the facility’s staff. Doctors, nurses, loading personnel, security guards, and St. Joseph County Health Department representatives described their work experiences at Memorial Health, shared their memories of South Bend from the 1950s to the present, and discussed solutions to the leading health issues of their community.

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