Allina News

[Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch, November 23, 2011] New Ulm Medical Center (NUMC) opened the doors to their new Cancer Center recently, allowing patients their first opportunity to begin treatment at the new facility. Besides the updated facility, the new center is also bringing an expanded partnership with the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute. Read more at [...]

[KEYC-TV, April 6, 2011] Allina Hospitals & Clinics’ Heart of New Ulm project is already showing results. KEYC-TV in Mankato reports that the heart attack rate in the southern Minnesota community has already been cut by 24 percent. Watch the full story below.

[Mankato Free Press, April 5, 2011] A 10-year community initiative to prevent the occurrence of heart attacks in New Ulm has produced some early encouraging results. The Heart of New Ulm Project is sponsored by Allina Hospitals & Clinics’ Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation. A study shows a 24 percent drop in the number of acute [...]

[Scientific American,  April 3, 2011] The town of New Ulm, Minn., some 90 miles outside of Minneapolis, is small. With a population of about 15,000, the self-proclaimed polka capital of the U.S. might not seem like the most obvious locale to roll out an aggressive, unconventional attack on heart disease. But for the past couple [...]

[KAAL-TV, March 2, 2011] A local hospital has a new member on staff, the robot unit is the first of its kind in Owatonna. Better known as “Billy” to the staff, this robot has rolled his way into the Owatonna hospital providing around the clock service for stroke patients. A new direction in medical treatment [...]

[New Ulm Journal, Feb. 24, 2011] The New Ulm Medical Center (NUMC) is on its way to becoming a leader in cancer treatment in southwestern Minnesota. NUMC is planning to move its Cancer Center to a new space in the hospital and more than double its size. An open house for physicians took place Wednesday. [...]

[New Ulm Journal, Feb. 15, 2011] The Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation is the beneficiary of a $1 million testamentary gift from Ray and Shirley Bentdahl. The gift is to be used at the discretion of the Foundation’s Board of Directors to advance the life-saving research and education programs conducted by the foundation. Read the full [...]

[KEYC-TV, January 10, 2011] Many people usually enjoy a Thanksgiving meal in November. But that wasn’t the case for some patients at the New Ulm Medical Center, who missed out last year because of medical treatment.  “Who says you can only enjoy a delicious Thanksgiving meal once a year,” Janet Johnson says. “The food is [...]

[New Ulm Journal, Dec. 17, 2010] As Lori Wightman packed up her office on Thursday, her last day as president of Allina’s New Ulm Medical Center, she looked back on eight years of some big changes and accomplishments. “It’s been a great ride. A lot of great things have happened,” said Wightman, “but if you [...]

[KSTP-TV, December 12, 2010] The “On the Road” series with Jason Davis features a New Ulm couple who knit hats for local people in need. One of the places they deliver the hats is the New Ulm Medical Center Oncology Department. Several patients were interviewed for this story. Watch the story at kstp.com.

[WCCO-TV, Dec. 6, 2010] The number of heart attacks in New Ulm, Minnesota has dropped by 24 percent since the Heart of New Ulm Project started last year. However, project coordinators don’t take all the credit for that decrease. Businesses like J&R Schugel Trucking are teaming up with the Heart of New Ulm, a program [...]

[KARE11, Nov. 30, 2010] From high above the river valley, the massive “Herman the German” statue watches over the city of New Ulm. He should have noticed that in the past two years, the way of life around town has changed for many of the 15,000 residents. The proud Germans are trading in their beer [...]