Health Care Foundation’s Mardi Bras For A Cause Will Fund Free Mammograms For Uninsured Women Over 40
Hopkins County Health Care Foundation will be hosting Bras for a Cause this month as an awareness campaign as well as a means to raise funds. Community members are encouraged to decorate a bra, promote Breast cancer awareness and raise funds for the cause. “This year, we are raising money to provide free mammograms to uninsured women over 40,” stated Meredith Caddell, executive director of Hopkins County Health Care...
100 bags of Schwan’s Brand Garlic Herb Shrimp Recalled Due to Undeclared Milk, Soy
Fisherman’s Pride Processors Inc. of Vernon, California, is recalling 100 bags of Schwan’s Brand “Garlic Herb Shrimp” with date code 4A924608xx-B1 due to undeclared milk and soy. People who have allergic or sensitivity to milk or soy run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if the recalled product is consumed. 100 bags of Schwan’s Garlic Herb Shrimp have been recalled due to undeclared milk and soy. The...
General Mills Recalls Five Pound Bags of Gold Medal Unbleached All Purpose Flour
General Mills announced today a voluntary national recall of five-pound bags of its Gold Medal Unbleached All Purpose Flour with a better if used by date of September 6, 2020. The recall is being issued for the potential presence of E. coli O26 which was discovered during sampling of the five-pound bag product. This recall is being issued out of an abundance of care as General Mills has not received any direct consumer reports of...
Hopkins County Hospital District Board Of Directors Agenda for Sept. 17, 2019
Hopkins County Hospital District Called Meeting of Board of Directors Tuesday, September 17, 2019 Notice is hereby given that a Called Meeting of the Board of Directors of Hopkins County Hospital District will be held on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 6:00 pm in the Plaza Conference Room of the CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic at 113 Airport Road, Sulphur Springs, TX 75482 AGENDA Call to OrderInvocationPublic ForumReview and Approve Tax Rate...
Sept. 17 Hospital District Board To Consider Tax Rate, Budget, Organization
Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors have called a special meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday Sept. 17 to discuss a number of items during their regular session and at least two during executive session. Budget and Tax Rate The hospital district board are slated to review and approve the tax rate and budget for the fiscal year which will end on Sept. 30, 2020. HCHD CEO Ron Folwell in May reported the district to be “doing fairly...
CHRISTUS – Sulphur Springs Paving The Way Into Future
Workers with Area Wide Paving continue the paving project at CHRISTUS – Sulphur Springs. CHRISTUS is resurfacing most of the front public parking areas, and has been doing so for a couple of weeks. Workers are keeping as much parking open as possible as they work in stages to resurface over 130,000 sq ft of parking areas. The quick turnaround involves crews scaping and cleaning the old surface, repairing any damage of the...
PJC Associate Degree Nursing Students Receive Awards, Pins
nursing students at PJC Attendees at the Paris Junior College associate degree nursing awards and pinning ceremony held recently were welcomed to the ceremony with the news that it has been 50 years since the first group of nursing students graduated from PJC. The Clinical Achievement Award, chosen by the faculty for the student who is willing to help their peers, has an excellent bedside manner and is very good in skills performance,...
CHRISTUS Announces Sports Medicine Program
CEO Paul Harvey and Sports Medicine Director Kyle Lemarr appeared on KSST’s Good Morning Show to introduce the community to CHRISTUS’ new sports medicine program. The Sports Medicine Program is growing into this area, with full coverage of Sulphur Springs High School and a locally-based program coordinator, Kyle Lemarr. What this means is that CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Sulphur Springs physicians and providers are...
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Celebrates 70 Years Of Service To The Community
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs celebrates 70 years of service on Thursday, Sept. 5. The hospital is planning a month-long celebration of this momentous occasion. Associates will be honored with treats each week to recognize their dedication to patients and community. In the early stages, Hopkins County Memorial Hospital had approximately 30 employees, 11...
AmEx Pharmacy Issues Nationwide Recall For All Lots Of Bevacizumab
A recall has been issued for all lots of AmEx Pharmacy’s Bevacizumab 1.25mg/0.05mL 31G Injectable and Bevacizumab 2.5mg/0.1ml Normject TB Injectable that are within expiry to the healthcare provider level. The Bevacizumab involved in this recall is used for wet age-related Macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. The recall is issued “out of an abundance of caution following an FDA inspection,” according to a...
