Archive for 'newspapers'
Allina surgeons get new treatment approach for brain aneurysms
[Star Tribune, Jan. 30, 2012] As physicians, nurses and technicians looked on, Dr. Benjamin Crandall and Dr. Josser Delgado gingerly inserted a catheter into an artery in the leg of a 55-year-old woman. To guide them, the neuroradiologists watched their progress on several screens showing multiple images of the blood vessels in her brain. It [...]
Posted: January 30th, 2012, 2:49 pm under Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Neuroscience, newspapers, Star Tribune, _.
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Jablonski’s Challenges On His Road to Recovery
[WCCO-AM, Jan. 24, 2012] Tuesday is Jack Jablonski’s first full day at his new rehabilitation center. The 16-year-old Benilde-St. Margaret’s sophomore left the Hennepin County Medical Center Monday to begin rehab at Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. Doctors couldn’t give us any specific details on what challenges Jablonski would be facing directly, [...]
Posted: January 25th, 2012, 11:50 am under Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Radio, Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute, Star Tribune, WCCO, _.
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Allina will add 24-hour ER to WestHealth in Plymouth
[Star Tribune, Jan. 13, 2012] Allina Hospitals & Clinics said it is adding an emergency department to its WestHealth facility in Plymouth — a project expected to cost between $5 million and $8 million. The new department will be staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with emergency room doctors affiliated with Abbott [...]
Posted: January 13th, 2012, 8:04 am under Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Allina System, newspapers, Star Tribune, _.
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Big baby born at Allina’s Mercy Hospital near Minnesota record
[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 [...]
Posted: January 5th, 2012, 1:00 pm under Allina System, Duluth News Tribune, Mercy Hospital, Mother & Child, newspapers, _.
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The other surprise about twins born in separate years…
[Star Tribune, Jan. 3, 2012] Twins Beckett and Freya Humenny will grow up together, but they will never share a birthday — or even a birth year. Beckett was born at 6:40 p.m. on New Year’s Eve 2011. His sister, Freya, was born six hours later, at 12:26 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2012. Allina Medical [...]
Posted: January 3rd, 2012, 5:21 pm under Allina Clinics, Mother & Child, newspapers, Star Tribune, _.
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Allina ICU nurse named chili champ at Unity Hospital
[ABC Newspapers, December 29, 2011] Don Toews is a registered nurse in Unity Hospital’s intensive care unit. He administers medications, he regulates vital signs, he helps accomplish life-saving procedures. Turns out, Toews also makes a mouth-watering bowl of chili. Toews’ cilantro lime and top sirloin chili recipe recently earned him chili champ recognition at Unity [...]
Posted: December 30th, 2011, 1:16 pm under Allina System, Blaine-Spring Lake Park Life, Unity Hospital, Wellness.
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Start-ups sprout from this Sister Kenny clinic
[Star Tribune, December 25, 2011] Imagine a robot that can check on recovering stroke patients, remind them to do exercises — even update therapists about their progress. Meet SKOTEE. The robot is one of the latest inventions being developed at the Sister Kenny Research Center in Minneapolis, a division of the Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute. [...]
Posted: December 27th, 2011, 4:26 pm under Allina System, Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute, Star Tribune.
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Kids get new wheels from Free Bikes 4 Kidz
[Anoka County Union, Dec. 15, 2011]Kids in the northwest metro area are riding high this holiday season thanks to Free Bikes 4 Kidz, its partner Allina Hospitals & Clinics and the many volunteers who worked to restore bikes generously donated by community members and businesses. Read the article.
Posted: December 16th, 2011, 11:44 am under Anoka County Union, Blaine-Spring Lake Park Life, Coon Rapids Herald, newspapers, Unity Hospital.
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Unity Hospital Hosts ‘Free Bikes 4 Kidz’ Event
[Fridley Patch, Dec. 9, 2011] Allina employees, dignitaries will give away 175 bicycles. Read article.
Posted: December 12th, 2011, 8:21 am under Allina System, Mission Matters, newspapers, Unity Hospital.
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Grateful Farmington survivor pays it forward
[ThisWeek, Dec. 7, 2011] Most people don’t survive what Jim Glynn has been through, and he’s working on raising the odds for others. This summer, the Farmington resident suffered sudden cardiac arrest while sleeping. Thanks to the prompt actions of his family, the 911 operator and emergency responders, Glynn is one of the few sudden [...]
Posted: December 8th, 2011, 3:48 pm under Allina Medical Transportation, Allina System, community service, Heart Safe, newspapers, ThisWeek, _.
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Screenings transform health lessons
[Star Tribune, Nov. 30, 2011] Anoka High students are getting an update on their health thanks to a collaborative program sponsored by the district and Allina. Participants — mostly sophomores — were greeted in health classes Tuesday by Allina Hospitals & Clinics staff, who ushered them through a series of stations, where they were weighed, [...]
Posted: December 2nd, 2011, 4:22 pm under Allina System, community service, newspapers, Star Tribune, _.
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Planting a tree, in memory, at Unity Hospital
[Sun Focus, Nov. 23, 2011] A special tree planting ceremony at Unity Hospital honors a cancer patient who was an inspiration to friends, family and other women she met at a support group through the hospital. Read the article.
Posted: November 28th, 2011, 11:46 am under newspapers, Sun Focus, Unity Hospital, Virginia Piper Cancer Institute.
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