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Situation continues getting more critical at Hutchinson hospital
The intensive care unit and the COVID-19 ward at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center are both now full, including double beds in some rooms, and the hospital’s overflow COVID ward is nearly full, a hospital spokesman said Tuesday morning. There were…
Expected staffing shortages could hit rural hospitals hard
Medical providers say anticipated staffing shortages amid surging coronavirus cases could hit rural hospitals especially hard because smaller communities have more limited options for finding providers to cover for sick workers. The Kansas Hospital Association reports that about 44% of…
Hospital braces for ‘surge on top of a surge’ of COVID-19 cases in Shawnee County
Though Stormont Vail Health’s hospital capacity has dropped slightly from last week, the impending fallout of Thanksgiving-weekend gatherings could reverse that course. During a virtual media briefing Tuesday, Stormont CEO Robert Kenagy told reporters the hospital was at about 90%…
Up to half a foot of snow could be dumped on parts of Kansas, weather service predicts
A wintry storm is expected to dump snow across much of the state with some areas of south-central Kansas receiving up to half a foot of snowfall. The National Weather Service office in Wichita issued a winter weather advisory that…
Before Kansas’s 911 system failed, audit warned risk of outages hadn’t been eliminated
Children are taught from a young age to dial 911 in an emergency. Whether it’s a heart attack, a break-in or a fire, 911 answers the call right away. A widespread 911 service outage across Kansas on Sunday afternoon is…
911 call centers running, but what happened Sunday?
The 911 lines are back up and running. "We had 911 calls that were coming in. People calling but we could not answer calls," said Elora Forshee with Sedgwick County 911. It was not just a Sedgwick County problem for…
Firefighters watch from above when 911 lines go down
What happens when 911 does notwork? Dozens of Kansas counties had to learn the hard way after emergency lines went down for a couple of hours yesterday. In Sedgwick County when the phones went down Wichita fire crews went up.…
Police and Community committee review officer discipline and training as discussions on policing in Topeka stretch into December
If an officer in the Topeka Police Department doesn’t complete their training they could be written up or even fired. Incoming Interim Police Chief Brian Wheeles said it rarely needs to escalate beyond a write up, but insight into the…
Wichita schools send 13,000 elementary students to home learning until at least January
Wichita schools will send home about 13,000 elementary students as the largest public school district in Kansas transitions to a fully remote learning model. The Board of Education for Wichita Public Schools voted unanimously in a special meeting Monday evening…
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