The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently awarded a 4-star quality rating to Valley View Rehab and Nursing Center, Montoursville, based on its excellent staffing, quality measures and Department of Health surveys, according to a recent press release. “Very few nursing home ...
A local physician noted the rise in respiratory illnesses among children across the nation and how parents can take steps to monitor and care for their own kids who may become sick. Dr. Ashley Pence, a pediatrician and medical director of UPMC Pediatrics North Central Pa., said cases of RSV and enteroviruses have arisen earlier this year, although not at alarming levels locally. “We typically see RSV start in November,” she said. “We saw it in July this year.” The numbers at UPMC in Northcentral Pennsylvania are not at the high numbers reported in some areas of the nation ...
Teresa Meisinger, of Montandon, has endured quite a bit in the last couple of years. She had surgery to repair three aneurysms. She lost her job during the pandemic. She lost her mother to COVID-19 and her father to Alzheimer’s. Most recently, she lost her husband, Vince, to a stroke. ...
Most hospitals have an emergency department, where patients with emergent injuries and illnesses can be treated without an appointment. Some of these patients may have life-threatening symptoms, such as chest pain, shortness of breath, or severe stomach pain, and the emergency medicine team ...
MUNCY — Filling a prescription and picking up over-the-counter medicines is now easier with the opening of the new Geisinger Pharmacy at Geisinger Medical Center Muncy, announced a recent press release. Located inside the hospital, the retail pharmacy allows patients to pick up their ...
As he began to share the story of his journey through addiction, Tony Hoffman told those attending that it was OK to step out of the room if they felt uncomfortable with some of the things he was about to say. “I want you to come back, though. What I’ve been through, where I’ve gone ...
