After 20 years at its former location, the Lawrence Surgery Center will have a new home within LMH West, and with it some new high-tech equipment. Scott Thellman, a plastic surgeon with Lawrence Plastic Surgery, helped establish the Lawrence Surgery Center, and has also had a hand in discussions about the new facility. “A few years back we recognized we were going to be adding additional procedures and ...
Whether you’re a future patient of LMH West or a community member interested in the new facility, the Journal-World put together a list of six details about the new building that patients and community members alike should know: 1. There are no emergency services LMH West is an outpatient services center. Anyone seeking emergency services or urgent care should call 911 or go to the hospital, LMH Health, 325 ...
A local librarian’s new book tells readers all about what it’s like working in a library — and in doing so, dispels all notions that librarians just sit and read books all day. “Contrary to popular belief, a librarian’s job isn’t always the quiet, easy, and stress-free paradise some movies, TV shows, and commercials portray it to be,” William Ottens writes in his upcoming book. “Unhappy patron ...
Four staff members and four residents at Bridge Haven Memory Care have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the facility’s executive director. But those eight cases are all past the infectious period, and continued testing at the long-term care facility has shown negative results, Executive Director Sarah Randolph told the Journal-World Thursday. On Wednesday, the Kansas Department of Health and ...
About halfway through his 3,500-mile bike ride across the United States, Leo Walsh stopped in Lawrence to see the original rules of the game he loves. As Walsh pressed the exhibit button in the University of Kansas’ DeBruce Center, his eyes widened as Naismith’s rules of “Basket Ball” lit up. He edged closer to the screen and bent his 6-foot-4-inch frame down to read the original 13 rules of the game. ...
Remember the Kansas farmers who sent a N95 mask to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo just to “make sure we could at least help one person”? Well, that simple gesture started a chain of giving. In April, Dennis Ruhnke, of Troy, Kan., captured the hearts of viewers across America with his letter to Cuomo and his and his wife’s donation of one of their five N95 masks. Cuomo read Ruhnke’s letter at a press ...