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northernnewsnow.com
MNA, Essentia reaches agreement for 23 nurses
DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - Essentia Health and the MNA have agreed on a first contract for more than 20 northland nurses. Essentia Health and nurses at the Miller Hill Surgery Center reached a tentative agreement. The first contract covers roughly 23 nurses at the clinic. The contract comes...
Minnesota Reformer
Northland doctors say Wisconsin-based health system is forcing them to sign noncompetes
A Wisconsin-based health system is forcing doctors in Duluth to sign a heavily amended contract or resign, physicians say. The contract includes a noncompete clause, which bars physicians from working at a competing hospital after leaving. An author of Minnesota’s 2023 ban on noncompete agreements says the contract likely violates the law, though labor law […]
FOX 21 Online
Essentia Health Mammogram Trucks Seeing Trend of Success
CLOQUET, Minn.– October is known as breast cancer awareness month. And Essentia Health has been bringing opportunities for testing in rural communities. For the past three years, Essentia health has introduced a fleet of trucks traveling to rural and tribal areas. It began with three locations, but now they...
businessnorth.com
Dr. Diaz joins Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic
Dr. Daniel Diaz, a doctor of osteopathic medicine specializing in orthopedics and sports medicine, is thrilled to join Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic. Dr. Diaz earned his degree from AT Still University in Kirksville, MO. He completed his family medicine residency at William Beaumont Hospital in Troy, MI, and his sports medicine fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. He is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.
KBJR
Wilderness Health Hosts Perinatal Substance Misuse Panel Discussion
Ashland Daily Press
Swift medical response saves Ashland man's life, earns doctor award
Dr. Rachel Lange of Tamarack Health Ashland Medical Center received the Duluth Region STEMI Survivor Award on Sept. 12 for her quick diagnosis and treatment of Buck Neibauer’s severe heart attack in June, actions that likely saved his life. Neibauer, who experienced a STEMI heart attack — one of the most severe types — had no chest pain symptoms but felt unwell enough that his wife, Kat, called 911 despite his objections. “He didn’t want me to, but I called 911 right away,” she said. The Ashland Fire Department responded promptly and suspected immediately that Neibauer was having a heart attack. They began treatment and transported him to Tamarack Health’s emergency room, where Lange quickly diagnosed the STEMI and coordinated his transfer to Duluth for emergency cardiac catheterization to remove the blockage with stents. “I’m so grateful to everyone who saved my life,” Neibauer said at the award ceremony, which he attended with his wife. “I shouldn’t be here today, and because of you all, I am.” STEMI heart attacks — acute ST-elevation myocardial infarctions — typically affect the heart’s lower chambers and indicate that heart muscle is dying. Rapid treatment is critical because each minute of delay significantly reduces
businessnorth.com
Superior refinery faces alleged pollution violations
State environmental regulators allege Wisconsin’s only oil refinery has committed more than two dozen violations of the state’s air pollution control laws. Some residents in Superior say the allegations underscore the need for a regulatory air monitor in the city, which is currently lacking. In 2021, Canadian company...
hoodline.com
Duluth's Congdon Park Residents Given the Green Light: Tap Water Safe to Drink After Boil Advisory Lifted
Good news for residents in Duluth's Congdon Park neighborhood: you're clear to drink the tap water once again. After a boil water advisory had locals on high alert for contamination, the City of Duluth has announced it's safe to go back to normal water use. It was an abrupt pivot...
wpr.org
Wisconsin oil refinery faces dozens of alleged violations of state pollution control laws
State environmental regulators allege Wisconsin’s only oil refinery has committed more than two dozen violations of the state’s air pollution control laws. Some residents in Superior say the allegations underscore the need for a regulatory air monitor in the city, which is currently lacking. In 2021, Canadian company...