Allina News

[Duluth News Tribune, Jan. 5, 2012] Here’s one way to think about Michael Robert Calistro-Gomulak’s birth weight: At 15 pounds, 7 ounces, he weighed more at birth than both of his parents put together when they were born. His is the fourth-largest documented birth in Minnesota history. Michael, who was born Sept. 28 at Mercy [...]

[Pioneer Press, Nov. 17, 2011] The current president of Allina’s Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids has been named the new president of United Hospital in St. Paul, also an Allina Hospital. Tom O’Connor is scheduled to take the job at United Hospital effective Jan. 2. Located in the West Seventh neighborhood of St. Paul, United [...]

[Star Tribune, Nov. 10, 2011] The number of new mothers who recieve maternity benefits has climbed to a majority for the first time according to the U.S. Census bureau.  Reporter Jeremy Olson talked to one new mother at Mercy Hospital to see if she is included in that statistic.  Read the article.

[Star Tribune, Nov. 3, 2011] An unusual partnership in the northwestern suburbs of the Twin Cities is claiming early progress toward the Holy Grail of health care reform: better treatments, lower costs and more satisfied patients. In its first year, the joint effort between rival health systems Allina Hospitals & Clinics and HealthPartners was able [...]

[Star Tribune, Sept. 20, 2011] A drill at Abbott Northwestern and Mercy Hospitals provided a test of how well hospitals are prepared to respond to natural disasters and other emergencies.  Read the article.

  [Coon Rapids Herald, Sept. 21, 2011]  An Orange Alert drill involved evacuating about 20 patients.  Read the article.

[KSTP-TV, Sept. 15, 2011] A tornado has hit and people are injured. Staff at Abbott Northwestern Hospital evacuated patients because the place had no water and power outages. That was the scenario workers were given during Thursday’s evacuation drill.  Thirty people volunteered to play patients, and be transported. Watch the full report below.

[Star Tribune, Sept. 13, 2011] The Muslim Experience in Minnesota project aims to capture and convey the Muslim experience in Minnesota.  This entry features Amin Rahmatullah, MD. a Pakistani-American cardiologist who has worked at Mercy Hospital and Unity Hospital for ten years.  Read the interview.

[Coon Rapids Herald, Sept. 9, 2011]  Thanks to state-of-the-art software, a couple of fast-acting, quick-thinking IT staff members and expert medical care, when Samantha Robbins gave birth to little Emilynn via emergency C-section at Mercy Hospital Aug. 30, her husband, a soldier stationed in Kuwait, was right there by her side.  Read the article.

[KSTP-TV, Sept. 2, 2011] Emilynn Robbins’ birth was an international event but still remained a private family moment. Her dad, Nick, is serving in Kuwait . He was scheduled to be home for her birth via scheduled c-section in a couple of weeks, but Emilynn wasn’t waiting. That’s where Skype came into the picture. While [...]

[Star Tribune, July 27, 2011] Marcia Carlson, a licensed clinical social worker at Mercy Cancer Resource Center in Coon Rapids and the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute at Unity Hospital in Fridley, talks about her work. Click here to read the interview.

[KSTP.com, July 20, 2011] The Allina Hospitals & Clinics system has four top-ranking hospitals in the Twin Cities metro and two hospitals with specialty rankings on the national top 50 list. This is according to the U.S. News and World Report’s Best Hospitals. Read the article.