La Porte Hospital

The Diabetes Support Group provides a place to share ideas, experiences, and problems related to diabetes for those with diabetes, as well as their support team. The group meets from 11 a.m. – Noon, the fourth Monday of the month (Oct. 28), in the...

La Porte Hospital and Starke Hospital announced their Colleagues of the Quarter and the winner of their Daisy Award for Nursing for second quarter 2019.  Five colleagues were honored.  La Porte Physician Network’s Colleague of the...

All are invited to attend a free concert in the La Porte Hospital Chapel at noon on Friday September 6.  Two local pianists, Donovan Diedrich and Rose Marie Dure will debut as “Dure and Diedrich” with four hands on the keyboard piano duets.  ...

A community-based CPR course that includes the practice and demonstration of CPR skills, AED use, use of barrier devices, choking rescue skills, information about the chain of survival and EMS activation. Participants will be required to demonstrate...

The first weeks after delivery are always the hardest, and we want to be there to support your breastfeeding success.  The drop-in clinic provides open times, no appointment needed, for moms to meet with an International Board Certified...

Breastfeeding provides benefits to both mom and baby. Breastfeeding mothers have a decreased risk of breast and ovarian cancer, diabetes and postpartum depression. Breastfed babies have increased protection against illnesses and a lower risk of...

The natural childbirth class is for expectant parents who are interested in a non-medicated birth plan.  This class will provide physical and emotional coping techniques how to practice hands-on comfort measures.  The class is the third Tuesday...

This class should be taken at approximately 28 weeks of pregnancy. Topics covered are: prelude to labor, labor, support techniques to assist the laboring mother, vaginal birth, medical procedures, cesarean sections, postpartum care, pain management...

Join our interactive class where expecting moms, dads, and their supporting friends or family can practice caring for their bundles of joy. Clinical nurse educators with La Porte Hospital’s Birthing & Family Care Center will have mannequins on...

This class, for children ages 3 to 7 and their parents, helps brothers and sisters adjust to a new baby in the house. The Super Siblings class is a one-session class that helps prepare children for the new baby and teaches positive sibling...