Med Center Health News
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Cal Turner Rehab & Specialty Care in Scottsville Sees Increase in COVID-19 Positive Cases
Cal Turner Rehab & Specialty Care (CTRSC), a 110-bed skilled nursing facility located on the campus of The Medical Center at Scottsville, stated today that thirteen (13) residents and seven (7) employees have tested positive for COVID-19. All facility residents and all employees have been tested and will continue to be retested in the coming [...]
Hospitalized Physician at Forefront of COVID-19 Battle Returns to Bowling Green
Dr. Rebecca Shadowen, a specialist in Infectious Diseases at Med Center Health and a leader with the Bowling Green – Warren County Coronavirus Workgroup, has transferred from the COVID Unit at UK HealthCare in Lexington to a step-down bed at The Medical Center’s Bowling Green campus. Dr. Shadowen’s condition has moved from critical to stable [...]
Cancer Treatment Center for Southern Kentucky Earns National Accreditation from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons
The Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), has granted Three-Year Accreditation to the Cancer Treatment Center for Southern Kentucky located at The Medical Center at Bowling Green. To earn voluntary CoC accreditation, a cancer program must meet 34 CoC quality care standards, be evaluated every three years [...]
Update on Dr. Rebecca Shadowen
Dr. Rebecca Shadowen, a specialist in Infectious Diseases at Med Center Health and a leader with the Bowling Green – Warren County Coronavirus Workgroup, remains hospitalized in critical condition on the COVID Unit at UK Healthcare in Lexington. Dr. Shadowen’s family and her colleagues at Med Center Health are grateful for the well wishes received [...]
Condition Worsens for Physician at Forefront of COVID-19 Battle
The condition of Dr. Rebecca Shadowen, a specialist in Infectious Diseases at Med Center Health and a leader with the BG-WC Coronavirus Workgroup, worsened Thursday. “After being placed on a ventilator earlier in the day, an urgent procedure was performed late Thursday afternoon at the Medical Center at Bowling Green to prepare Dr. Shadowen for [...]
Med Center Health Resumes Key Outpatient Services in Accordance with Governor’s Guidelines
In accordance with Governor Beshear’s announcement last week, Med Center Health resumed services today in the following areas: Diagnostic radiology and laboratory services, Ambulatory (physician office) visits, Rehab services (Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy), and Pre-admission testing.
Western Kentucky Diagnostic Imaging (WKDI), which has been closed since March 26, re-opened its operations at 1635 Scottsville [...]
Med Center Health expands Medical Center Urgentcare hours
Med Center Health has announced that Medical
Center Urgentcare is now open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This expansion is a targeted effort to increase
access to care for patients with minor injuries and illnesses, allowing The
Medical Center’s emergency room to focus additional resources toward the
ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Medical Center Urgentcare, located at 291 New [...]
Visitation restrictions in effect at Cal Turner Rehab & Specialty Care
To
protect our residents from potential exposure to Coronavirus (COVID-19), Cal
Turner Rehab & Specialty Care is putting visitation limitations in effect
immediately. We are following the same recommendations issued by state and
federal government entities, including:
The Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services guidance to healthcare facilities to screen patients and
visitors for signs and symptomsThe Cabinet for Health and
Family Services, [...]
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update
Bowling Green, Ky. (March 10, 2020) – The Medical Center and all its facilities are, and have been, screening and testing for a number of communicable diseases including COVID-19 (Coronavirus). We have had cases that met the definition of a Person Under Investigation, or PUI. To date none have been positive.
To clarify the process [...]
Med Center Health Announces 30th Annual Women in the Arts Exhibit
Med Center Health’s 30th
annual Women in the Arts Exhibit is scheduled for March 20 through March 22.
The exhibit will feature the work of female artists over 18 years old residing
in Kentucky. Categories include painting, sculpture, ceramics, works on paper,
fiber works and photography.
The exhibit is open to the public on Friday, March 20 and Saturday, March [...]