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Shenandoah has busiest medical landing zone in county, among …
WEBSHENANDOAH - Since the 1981 closing of the Locust Mountain Hospital, medical helicopters have regularly taken Shenandoah's critical patients to area hospitals. In the past five years, that has happened here more often than anywhere else in Schuylkill County. In fact, Shenandoah has 50% more emergency medical flights than the second …
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EDITORIAL: New hospital opens in West Brunswick, another …
WEBBy Kaylee Lindenmuth | [email protected] It's being touted as Schuylkill County's first new hospital in almost a century -- the Geisinger/St. Luke's combination hospital along Route 61 in West Brunswick Township opened today. Additionally, the front page of yesterday's Lehighton Times News shows that the Lehigh …
LVHN announces plans to merge with Philly health network
WEBALLENTOWN - Another one of the big three health networks in eastern Pennsylvania has announced a merger. The Lehigh Valley Health Network -- which merged with Schuylkill Health several years ago, acquiring the former Pottsville Hospital and Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center -- announced plans Tuesday to merge with Jefferson, of …
Geisinger to open convenient care facility in Mt. Carmel Township
WEBSentinel Staff Reports | [email protected] STRONG, Northumberland County - A walk-in care clinic is set to open tomorrow in Mount Carmel Township. Geisinger is opening a their Convenient Care Mount Carmel facility, 10990 Route 61 near Strong, tomorrow, Feb. 29. Additionally, Primary Care services will be available …
St. Luke’s says special surgery helped Frackville girl after freak
WEBFRACKVILLE – A first-grader at North Schuylkill Elementary is just starting to be able to use her right hand to write again, one of the big-three health networks in our region said Monday. Six-year-old Sarah Cuttic, of Frackville, broke her elbow last May after falling from a playground zipline in Jim Thorpe. “In the pediatric orthopedic world, her …
Former Ashland Hospital auctioned off
WEBWNEP reports that, at their last check, the top bid for the property was $450,000. The property changed hands in March of 2020, when Ashland Properties, LLC, sold it to MSCG PA SPE LLC for $1. Ashland acquired the building for $550,000 from Saint Catherine Healthcare of PA. The hospital opened in 1882 as the State Hospital for …
Residents get various health, safety tips, insight into emergency
WEBSHENANDOAH – Area residents had a close-up look at the tools of the trade for just about every facet of local emergency services, and learned skills they can use at home, as well. That all came at the Public Health and Safety Night Out event, held at the Shenandoah Ambulance building Tuesday night. KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / …
Reports: Geisinger set to buy North’d ambulance service
WEBSHAMOKIN – A family-owned private ambulance company that covers part of our area may soon be under the umbrella of one of the big three health networks in Eastern Pennsylvania. Multiple reports stated Friday that Geisinger is buying AREA Services ambulance, of Shamokin. AREA has a station in Atlas, Mount Carmel Township, and …
State health department announces EMS tuition reimbursement …
WEBHARRISBURG - The state Health Department announced today a new program they say will help recruit and retain Emergency Medical Services (EMS) professionals. Acting Secretary of Health Dr. Debra Bogen announced the new $1 Million tuition assistance program, which is funded by the state fireworks tax. Pennsylvania …
DEP updates how it defines an ‘environmental justice area’
WEBThe state previously used poverty and race to define environmental justice areas. Under that definition, 179 areas were located in the state’s 48 rural counties, according to the DEP.. Under the updated policy, Pennsylvania uses 32 indicators to determine an environmental justice area, including exposure to pollution and toxic …
Zangari returns to mayor’s office in Girardville; wife fills vacant
WEBGIRARDVILLE - A familiar face is back in the mayor's office at Girardville borough hall. Borough Council here appointed Michael Zangari as mayor to fill the remainder of Judith Mehlbaum's term at Wednesday night's meeting. Mehlbaum succeeded Zangari as mayor in January 2022, and resigned effective Feb. 29, citing personal and …
Shen. Health Center reopens
WEBSHENANDOAH - Primary Health Network's Shenandoah Health Center on the west end reopened for in-person visits yesterday, the company announced. The center at 624 West Centre Street, the former Movie Gallery building, also added a new staff member with the reopening: Kelly Jo Stroede, CRNP. PHN says she will provide family …
$10 Million for long-abandoned Ashland hospital
WEBFOUNTAIN SPRINGS - Two months after it sold for $500,000, an Allentown-based limited liability company is looking to get 20-times their investment on a long-abandoned medical center. The former Saint Catherine Medical Center in Fountain Springs is listed on LoopNet for $10 Million. The second iteration of Schuylkill County's first …
East Union names LVHN EMS as ambulance service for northeast …
WEBSHEPPTON - East Union Township supervisors officially changed the ambulance service provider for the northeast end of the township at Monday night's regular township meeting. Supervisors Chairman Kyle Mummey said Greater Hazleton Ambulance, based in Harwood, had provided a 90-day notice to the state that they would cease …
Code enforcement provides update on collapsing properties
WEBKAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL - A collapsing property at 200-202 South Main Street in Shenandoah, seen on Dec. 18, 2023. SHENANDOAH – Shenandoah’s code enforcement officer provided an update on several collapsing properties at Monday night’s council meeting. Mark Pronio first spoke about 200-202 …
Shenandoah Manor gets $234k federal grant
WEBSHENANDOAH - The Shenandoah Manor Nursing Center received a $234,000 federal grant to help care for the region's aging population, the state Department of Health announced Tuesday. “Pennsylvanians living in long-term care facilities deserve the best care possible,” said Acting Secretary of Health Debra Bogen in a media release. “We …
McAdoo, Hazleton fire chiefs join Watro, Shapiro for signing of …
WEBHARRISBURG – The fire chiefs in McAdoo and Hazleton were among several who were on-hand as Governor Josh Shapiro signed a bill, sponsored by Rep. Dane Watro, into law. House Bill 404, Watro says, would streamline the professional licensing process for veterans seeking a civilian emergency medical services career in …
OPINION: We didn’t think being caregivers would mean being …
WEBMarie Gunderman is a personal care assistant at the Shenandoah Manor Nursing Center in on East Washington Street in Shenandoah. My coworker recently told me that five months after she got a hysterectomy surgery, she still has $46,000 in pending costs. That’s double our annual salary as caregivers in our nursing home. It also doesn’t
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