Some doctors enjoy working in a small town, where they can develop more personal relationships with their patients. Some doctors specialize in a particular field, focusing their time and attention on a specific goal. Some…

A health clinic at Moran will close next month. The Allen County Regional Hospital and Saint Luke’s Health System announced the clinic’s closing on Thursday, although patients were notified in a letter earlier this month.…

A group tasked with overseeing the county’s health facilities got their first look at a remodel project at Allen County Regional Hospital. The hospital facilities board took a tour of the construction site at the…

The head of hospitals in Iola and Garnett has resigned. Elmore Patterson, who has served as administrator of the Allen County Regional Hospital since the switch to a lease with Saint Luke’s Health System in…

Allen County Regional Hospital is working to establish a Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC). “The purpose of the PFAC is simply to assemble a group of patients and family members who partner with staff…

The promise of Fort Scott getting a hospital is on shaky ground after learning that the prospective manager, Noble Health Corp., has recently closed the two hospitals it owns in Missouri. “What has happened there…

A group tasked with taking care of Allen County’s hospital facilities approved two major remodel projects, even though the $1.6 million total cost was about 50% more than expected. One project will convert the former…

FORT SCOTT — Fort Scott will once again have a hospital. Drew Solomon, chief executive officer of Noble Health Corporation, announced the non-profit will reopen as an acute care facility in what had been Mercy…

County commissioners assured hospital officials they’ll find a place to store boxes of old records – and soon — and expressed enthusiasm for the group’s plans to remodel a medical arts building. Three members of…

Allen County hospital officials suffered sticker shock Thursday when they reviewed an estimate of nearly $80,000 to remove mold from the county’s medical arts building. But they were immediately reassured that it shouldn’t cost nearly…