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Wear Red for Women donates AED to Heard Memorial Club House
Wear Red for Women, a Bothwell Foundation committee, recently gave an automated external defibrillator (AED) to Heard Memorial Club House. An AED is a small, lightweight device that allows individuals and first responders to treat sudden cardiac arrest. The machine automatically analyzes the heart rhythm and when appropriate, it delivers an electrical shock to the…
Read MoreBothwell Regional Health Center seeks input for Community Health Needs Assessment
Over the next few months, Bothwell Regional Health Center is conducting its triennial Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) and requesting feedback from the community through a survey that is available until Dec. 31, 2024. The online survey is available at brhc.org/health-survey. Printed copies are at all Bothwell clinics and at community health partner locations including…
Read MoreExperienced physician to join Bothwell Regional Health Center
Michael Yuhas, MD, an internal medicine physician, will join Bothwell Regional Health Center’s medical team and provide expert care for adults including disease prevention, complex illnesses, pulmonology and lung ailments, as well as kidney illnesses. Yuhas received bachelor’s and medical degrees through a six-year program at University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine and completed…
Read MorePublic invited to retirement reception for Dr. William Woolery
Bothwell Regional Health Center will host a retirement reception for long-time physician Dr. William Woolery from 3-4:30 pm Dec. 19 in the Bothwell Café on the hospital’s ground floor. Patients and the public are invited to attend. Woolery, an internal medicine physician and pulmonary specialist, joined the Bothwell medical staff in 1982. He will retire…
Read MoreRecalled Philips BiPAP and CPAP machines
According to an update from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Philips Respironics (Philips) in June 2021 recalled certain sleep and respiratory care devices including ventilators, bi-level positive airway pressure (also known as Bilevel PAP, BiPAP, or BPAP) machines and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines because of potential health risks. The recall was…
Read MoreMedicare Advantage-The Other Side of the Story
I’ve been getting lots of mail lately and not the kind I like, which is generally gifts or Amazon packages I’ve ordered. For months, letters and postcards have been arriving in my mailbox reminding me to sign up for Medicare and extolling the virtues of Medicare Advantage plans. The trick with having an upcoming “big”…
Read MoreKaneko receives prestigious nursing award
Bothwell Regional Health Center recently presented its latest DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses to Heather Kaneko. The DAISY Award is for patients and their families to nominate nurses who give outstanding, compassionate and skillful care. Kaneko is a Registered Nurse and works in the hospital’s Progressive Care Unit (PCU) as a charge nurse; she was…
Read MoreExperienced nurse practitioner joins Bothwell Cole Camp Clinic
Kayla Mather, a Family Nurse Practitioner, has joined Bothwell Cole Camp Clinic and will care for patients of all ages. As a nurse practitioner, Mather will see patients, evaluate and treat illnesses and injuries, perform procedures, order and interpret labs and tests and prescribe medications. Mather began her nursing career five years ago at Bothwell…
Read MoreExperienced physician joins Bothwell Truman Lake
Kimetha Fairchild, MD, a board-certified family medicine physician, has joined Bothwell Health Center-Truman Lake in Warsaw and cares for people of all ages. Dr. Fairchild has been a physician since 2008 and has experience treating injuries and illnesses including high-blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, COPD/asthma, obesity and mental health concerns. She also provides well-woman care…
Read MoreLearn life-saving skills in a day; next CPR/AED class Dec. 14
Bothwell Regional Health Center will offer Community CPR/AED and First Aid courses on Saturday, Dec. 14 in the Bothwell Education Center at 600 E. 14th St. The CPR/AED class is from 8 am to 12:30 pm. The course teaches participants how to provide CPR to an adult, child or infant and how to use an…
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