Tag: hospital

A global pandemic isn’t the most ideal time for a community to make a major change to health care. But that’s exactly what happened in Allen County, as the Allen County Regional Hospital began a…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A major Kansas health system is declining to admit patients from other hospitals because it has too few open beds with the faster-spreading delta variant wiping out recent months of progress…

A group tasked with taking care of hospital facilities will consider two separate remodel projects aimed at increasing clinic space at a cost of about $1 million. The Allen County Regional Hospital facilities board decided…

Big changes could be coming to Allen County Regional Hospital as Saint Luke’s Health System considers how to add space for various health clinics. Saint Luke’s proposed taking an incremental approach with multiple options that…

Efforts to build a trail around the hospital and make improvements to the airport continue moving forward. Lisse Regehr, CEO of Thrive Allen County, followed up with commissioners about seeking letters of support to build…

Allen County Regional Hospital’s administrator provided more clarity as to why Saint Luke’s Health System made the decision to close the local maternity service. Elmore Patterson, administrator of ACRH, said Saint Luke’s studied the matter…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Pittsburg’s hospital is putting the brakes on some procedures as coronavirus cases continue to climb steadily statewide and the positivity rate tops 17%. Randy Cason, President of Ascension Via Christi Hospital…

Allen County Regional Hospital will cease delivering babies in November, according to a press release this morning. The closest hospital that provides such services is Chanute’s Neosho Memorial Regional Hospital.  Saint Luke’s Health System, which…

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Donald Trump staged a dramatic return to the White House Monday night after leaving the military hospital where he has been receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19. He…

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A lawsuit against a Veterans Affairs hospital in Kansas where a former physician assistant molested countless patients involves “the largest sexual abuse scandal in the history of the VA,” a…