healthcare

Families impacted by childhood cancer band together

Sep 13, 2018

Six families with Lake City connections have something in common: all have children who have been affected by childhood cancer in some form or another. Their children are the faces of fighters, survivors, and those taken too soon by cancer. This year, during September’s Childhood Cancer Awareness...

Family stranded in Costa Rica with injured three-year-old

Jul 18, 2018

A Lake City family is raising money to return home after their three-year-old broke his leg on the second day of a family vacation. Emmee and Celso Lopez and their two sons, Axel (3) and Giovanni (1), arrived in Costa Rica July 10, according to a GoFundMe fundraising page created by Emmee. Axel...

Halvorson: Childhood illnesses of yesteryear

Jun 27, 2018

Mom had been working for weeks sewing costumes for the big school production; four of the six of us had parts. Excitement was growing.In walked my youngest sister covered with red spots. Next thing there was a sign on the front door: Quarantine! No one was allowed to enter or leave. This was a...

OMC to offer rehabilitation services here

Jun 27, 2018

Olmsted Medical Center (OMC) will begin offering rehabilitation services at OMC’s clinic in Lake City on July 9. Appointments with Tracy Thorson, DPT, will be available Mondays from 8 a.m. to noon, Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to noon. Services available for...

New ambulance fitted for safety, comfort

May 16, 2018

A new ambulance is in service in Lake City. The Lake City Ambulance Service received its newest truck last week, and though it resembles the service’s most recent purchase, it has many new features designed to provide better care and comfort to patients. “We tried to listen to the concerns of our...

Mayo names contractor for $1.1 million emergency department expansion

May 3, 2018

Construction to expand and remodel the emergency department (ED) at Mayo Clinic Health System is scheduled to begin in the coming months and will be managed by Weis Builders of Rochester, Minn, Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City has announced. The $1.1 million investment is intended to improve...

Ambulance services offers three classes

Mar 7, 2018

The Lake City Ambulance Service is offering classes this month on emergency medical response, CPR and “Stop the Bleed.” The first is an opportunity to learn the skills to become a certified Emergency Medical Responder (EMR). EMRs work with emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics to...

Mayo updates city council on staffing, renovation plans

Feb 14, 2018

Renovations at Mayo Clinic Health System (MCHS) in Lake City are on track, but scaled back. Early in 2017 MCHS announced renovations to its emergency department and hospital in Lake City that it expected to begin that year. In November Mayo announced that the project was being redesigned. On Feb....

Rep. Haley: Minnesotans' Medicare costs could spike

Feb 7, 2018

One of my priority areas in the legislature is healthcare and as a member of the Health and Human Services Committee I spend a lot of time working on these issues. Last session we began addressing the rising cost of health insurance plans in the individual market through premium relief and...

Medicine errors rising at Goodhue County jail

Jan 3, 2018

The Goodhue County Sheriff’s Department has contracted with Advanced Correctional Healthcare for several years. During that period of time, things have changed dramatically, particularly in the area of medication delivery. At any given time, more than half of the population in the detention...