Allina News

[KSTP-TV, Feb. 1, 2012] A manufacturing mix-up by Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drug maker, led to some packets being distributed with the pills out of order. That means a patient could have unknowingly skipped a dose and raised her risk of an accidental pregnancy. Allina Medical Clinic – Woodlake (Richfield) OB/GYN Dr. Meredith Kasbohm [...]

[KSTP-TV, Jan. 26, 2012] We all know beating cancer can be a long and difficult challenge, and now one Minnesota hospital has a new way to recognize the fight. Cambridge Medical Center in Isanti County unveiled its bell of hope. It’s rung in celebration after a person completes chemotherapy treatment. The bell was paid for [...]

[KSTP-TV, Dec. 10, 2011] Across the metro and greater Minnesota, thousands of kids from families in need received free bikes Saturday. The nonprofit Free Bikes 4 Kidz, with the help of hundreds of Allina Hospitals & Clinics employee volunteers, collected donated used bikes in October, refurbished them in November and delivered them Saturday. One of [...]

[KSTP-TV, November 4, 2011] A healthy dose of Minnesota Nice is on its way to a place that needs all the compassion it can get. Fifteen local healthcare workers are headed to Haiti. Many of them have been there before on their own time and with their own money, but now, they’re getting some help.

[KSTP-TV5, October 15, 2011] Have a bike you’re not using? Allina Hospitals & Clinics and the nonprofit Free Bikes 4 Kidz are working together to find bikes for kids in need across Minnesota. You can drop off bikes at nearly 90 Allina locations on Saturday, October 22nd from 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Last year, the program [...]

[KSTP-TV, Sept. 29, 2011] What is an Allina Medical Transportation ambulance doing in Kenya? It’s part of a donation of materials and training provided by Twin Cities medics, firefighters, teachers, and nurses helping to save lives halfway around the world. A delegation of Minnesotans, aided by the Minneapolis-based International Leadership Institute, went to the Minneapolis [...]

[KSTP-TV, Sept. 16, 2011] Qualitest Pharmaceuticals is recalling multiple lots of birth-control pills because of a packaging error that could lead to incorrect dosing and unintended pregnancies. KSTP News talked to Aspen Medical Group ob/gyn nurse practitioner Katherine Williams about the potential consequences. Watch the story below.

[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.

[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 [...]

[KARE/WCCO/KSTP, June 14, 2011] Allina Hospitals & Clinics recognized its employees who are serving or have served in the military or the reserves on Flag Day at an event at its headquarters. “Hundreds of Allina employees have served our country through military service,” said Ken Paulus, Allina’s president and CEO. “We honor their incredible commitment [...]

[KSTP-TV, June 6, 2011] Allina Medical Clinic’s new Ramsey clinic wasn’t just designed for patients, it was designed by patients. Focus groups and surveys guided the design. What resulted is a friendlier, greener clinic. Watch the story below.

[KSTP-TV, May 10, 2011] It was a problem for a St. Paul hospital easily solved…what do you do with medical equipment from an old emergency room? United Hospital donated their surplus medical equipment to the Minnetonka-based charity, Hope for the City. In turn, the nonprofit will send it to the largest hospital in east Africa—a [...]