Allina News

[ABC Newspapers, April 12, 2012] Lions and Lioness clubs and Allina have provided screenings in health classes at Anoka and Coon Rapids high schools. The screenings not only made health lessons personal to students, they also served as a way to identify health issues requiring attention. This turned out to be the case for an Anoka [...]

[Star Tribune, March 8, 2011] Anoka High School sophomore Gavin Putt took a pass on a medical screening offered in his health class, Healthy Living, last fall. His teacher this trimester made the in-class screenings mandatory, and for Putt, it may have been a lifesaver. His blood pressure reading came in high — 183/86 — and [...]

[Star News, Feb. 24, 2012] It’s hard to imagine, but an Otsego man who went into cardiac arrest while driving this past week was actually pretty lucky. Almond Drone, 52, attracted the attention of what turned out to be an impromptu medical team. “This has to be a God thing,” said Cheryl Jarvis, a resident [...]

[KMSP Fox 9, Feb. 7, 2012] Norovirus infections recently forced two cruise ships to return to port early in south Florida after hundreds of people were sickened by the vicious gastrointestinal illness, but that isn’t the only industry seeing infections. The virus has also showing up in Minnesota. Norovirus symptoms mimic those of food poisoning, [...]

[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.