healthcare

Murphy: Let's provide accessible and affordable healthcare

May 1, 2019

To the editor: While Republicans and Democrats across the country have many policy differences, there is one area where we should be able to find common ground – members from both political parties recognize the importance of health care coverage and the health care system in this country....

Letter: Grateful for Mayo here in Lake City

Apr 24, 2019

To the editor: As a Lake City resident for the last decade, this will be my first letter to the editor—Lake City’s Mayo clinic and hospital facilities, the reason I write, was one of the top reasons we moved here from the Twin Cities. “Catch them being good,” I was encouraged when I started...

Drug take back day is April 27

Apr 24, 2019

Mayo Clinic Health System encourages community members to prevent drug addiction and overdose deaths by expanding spring cleaning to their medicine cabinet in recognition of National Take Back Prescription Drug Day on April 27. “Patient safety is a top priority and while we often talk about the...

Mayo Clinic Health System temporarily opens Saturday morning clinics for patients affected by recent storms

Mar 6, 2019

February has been a month filled with long stretches of cold temperatures, several winter storms, blizzards and record breaking snowfall numbers. It’s safe to say Mother Nature has made an impact on everyone, including local patients. “Despite Mayo Clinic Health System staff going above and...

Saint Elizabeth’s offers integrative medicine series

Mar 6, 2019

Soleil Arrieta, MD, of Saint Elizabeth’s Community Clinic will lead the second of a four-part series on integrative medicine. Sessions take place at Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center, 1200 Grant Blvd. W., Wabasha. People can attend one, two or all four. Sessions are free and open to the public. The...

Letter: Thank you Mayo, Medicare

Feb 28, 2019

To the editor: Some people who are choosing from among the available ingredients for their medical care sandwich say, “Hold the Mayo,” but I am stepping forward to sing its praises. Last Friday I had my first MRI at the local clinic, a thorough, 40-minute look at my brain. Friends were unanimous...

Lake City Ambulance service grows

Feb 21, 2019

The Lake City Ambulance Service (LCA) expects to hire four additional paramedics in the coming months, a move that the service’s director said is designed to improve service and may help the service become self-sufficient. The City Council paved the way for the expansion on Jan. 23 by approving a...

Open house, ribbon cutting ceremony held for new Mayo emergency department

Feb 7, 2019

Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City hosted a community open house and ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, Jan. 23 to celebrate the opening of the hospital’s newly renovated emergency department. The event marks the completion of the $1.1 million remodel project that began in the spring of...

Retired doc honors for 'significant contributions to healthcare'

Jan 17, 2019

A Lake City resident has received the 2018 Shotwell Award. Macaran Baird, M.D., received the award at the Jan. 8, annual meeting of the Abbott Northwestern medical staff. The Shotwell Award is presented annually to a person within the state of Minnesota who has made significant contributions in...

Home physical therapy helps retired nurse

Dec 27, 2018

Bob Shutes gives a light knock and then pushes the door open to Kathryn Nelson’s townhouse in Pepin, where hand-drawn pictures of colorful unicorns and pink hearts are taped to the cupboards and refrigerator. “Hi Carmelia!” he says, greeting Kathryn’s six-year-old granddaughter, who sits on the...