Freeman Health System opens MRI service in Pittsburg

Pittsburg, Kan. – Freeman Health System’s MRI service is now operating in Pittsburg to fill a void from rural hospitals closing.

It’s a mobile MRI open two days a week on North Pine Street. Freeman workers say there’s already been a big demand.

“We have already performed over 100 MRI procedures since our soft opening in January, but we are ready to go full steam now,” said Freeman Health System CEO Paula Baker.

Freeman says they’ve already received 14 referrals from area physicians for this mobile MRI service.

Boil advisory rescinded for Allen County Rural District No. 4

ALLEN COUNTY, Kan. – The Kansas Department of Health & Environment (KDHE) rescinds the boil water advisory for Allen County Rural Water District No. 4. The advisory was issued dues to a loss of pressure in the distribution system.

Laboratory testing samples collected from Allen County Rural Water District No. 4 indicate no evidence of bacteriological contamination. KDHE deemed all other conditions that placed the system at risk of contamination to be resolved.

If you have questions, KDHE asks you contact the water system or you may call KDHE at 785-296-5514.

$764,000 grant awarded to Healthy Nevada to promote rural health

NEVADA, Mo. – The Patterson Family Foundation is awarding Healthy Nevada with a more than $764,000 grant.

The money will be used to “create collective impact in the areas of rural mental health, obesity and food insecurity.”

“On behalf of Patterson Family Foundation, we’re looking forward to watching their programs and their projects over the next three years,” said Jessica Hunt of the Patterson Foundation. “We hope to be able to share the insights, the learnings and the best practices that Healthy Nevada gleams along the way. So that way we can pass those along to other rural communities seeking a similar solution and similar topic areas.”

Healthy Nevada will implement three programs to address needs in the community. Those are trauma-informed school-based health program, the farm to family program, and a family-based behavioral treatment for childhood obesity program.