A blockbuster deal in the medical industry. Springfield based Memorial Health System, the parent of Springfield's Memorial Medical Center and hospitals in Taylorville, Jacksonville and Lincoln,, is taking charge of Decatur Memorial Hospital under a new affiliation agreement. 

D-M-H will become the second largest hospital in the Memorial System. Memorial Health System President/CEO Ed Curtis says the merger will pay off for patients across the expanded service region...

Curtis says there are many benefits for D-M-H to no longer go it alone...

The merger is set to take affect October 1st, pending regulatory approval.