SITKA – SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) is renovating and expanding emergency department services at Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital (MEH). The expansion is part of a continued initiative to optimize technology and improve access for all patients at MEH. “The new emergency room will bring state-of-the-art equipment to Sitka,” says Dr. Daniel Sparks, SEARHC surgeon. “Having […]
The increase in illnesses and deaths linked to medication-resistant bacteria has been well-documented by researchers and received extensive public attention in recent years. Now, UCLA-led research shows how these bacteria are making it more difficult to treat a common but severe kidney infection. Pyelonephritis — infection of the kidney usually caused by E. coli bacteria […]
The Kodiak Island-based Alaska State Troopers revealed on Wednesday that they had been notified of a diving fatality that had been brought to the Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center on Sunday. It was at 1:36 pm on Sunday that it was reported to troopers that diver, 36-year-old Gary Graves was medevaced from the fishing vessel […]
Anchorage doctor, 67-year-old Clifford Merchant remains in jail on Monday after his arraignment on Sunday. His bail is set at $500,000. Merchant was arrested at the International airport on Saturday, he had reservations to leave the state. Merchant, the majority owner of First Care Medical Centers LLC and a contract doctor in the Providence Alaska […]