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Minidoka Memorial Hospital expands healthcare services
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Fit and Well: Phlebotomist Recognition Week
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — Phlebotomist Recognition Week is well underway. Phlebotomists are crucial in providing lab results that help guide patient care. St. Luke’s employs more than 60 phlebotomists across the Magic and Wood River valleys. These professionals are trained to perform blood draws and handle other bodily fluids that will be used to screen, diagnose and monitor health conditions, such as diabetes.
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Minidoka Memorial Hospital expands healthcare services in North Burley
BURLEY, Idaho — Minidoka Memorial Hospital has opened a new facility in North Burley, providing advanced orthopedic care and imaging services to the Mini-Cassia region that previously weren't available. The new facility marks a significant expansion for Minidoka Memorial Hospital, which has served the area for nearly a century.
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City of Hansen to take over wastewater treatment operations
HANSEN, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — About three weeks ago, the City of Hansen was informed by Jacobs that the company will not be renewing their contract to operate the city’s wastewater treatment plant, due to a corporate restructuring. Jacobs will continue to provide services until the end of September.
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Fit and Well: Cardiac Catheterization Lab
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — February is American Heart Month, and the Cardiac Catheterization Lab performs some of the most significant heart procedures. The lab at St. Luke’s has been in the Magic Valley since 1997. Last year, doctors there helped treat more than 2,100, including 160 who had heart attacks.
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Why some EMS agencies cannot use prehospital blood while treating patients
(InvestigateTV) — In an emergency, access to blood can make the difference between life and death. For patients losing too much blood, their risk of dying increases with every minute they do not receive a transfusion. In most cases, a transfusion doesn’t take place until patients are at the...
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Fit and Well: National IV Nurses Day
JEROME, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — Monday is National IV Nurses Day, which is the time to recognize the importance of infusion nurses. That’s the focus of this week’s Fit and Well Idaho Report. National IV Nurses Day was commemorated in 1980 by the U.S. House of Representatives. IV...
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Behind the Business: Makona Therapy
KIMBERLY, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) —Whether you want to improve your speaking skills or your children need help with language, speech therapy can benefit anyone. “Makona to us means family,” Caroline Riley, owner of Makona Therapy says about the meaning of her clinic. She started her speech therapy clinic when...
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Wellness Wednesday: St. Luke's Expanding Neurological Care
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St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center Gives Purpose to Providers
Providers in training look to Southern Idaho to further their careers. St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center offers graduate residency programs that empower future medical providers to excel in providing patient care. Kelsey Davis and Tyler Walters share how the hands-on training and personal mentoring during their residency helped...