Baptist Health Center for Clinical Research is seeking individuals, 18 years and older, to participate in research studies on a Coronavirus Vaccine or other preventative agents. The 2019-nCoV, or COVID-19 is highly contagious and causes illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). BHCCR is conducting […]
Hospital tightens visitor policy effective Nov 23rd, due to rise in Covid cases
Saline Health System announced today a new visitor policy effective Monday, November 23, 2020. The decision was made as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Saline County and across the state. The new policy will include limiting visitor hours to 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., and allowing one well visitor per patient per day. Exceptions […]
Hospital Staff Organizes Parking Lot Prayer July 25th at Hospital
Staff at Saline Memorial Hospital had planned an evening for parking lot prayer for the health and well being of our community. Come on Saturday July 25th at 8:30 p.m. in the main lot. Just drive up, stay in your car, turn your hazard lights on, and pray. You can also tune into 93.3 FM […]
County Coroner: People dying from chronic disease for fear of going out to doctor visits
The Coroner is sending a message to the public to keep your regular doctor appointments – and if you are sick, don’t wait to get medical help – because you’d rather see that doctor than the coroner. Saline County Coroner Kevin Cleghorn is also the President of the Arkansas Coroners Association, and he wants to […]
Wednesday COVID Update: Elective procedures OK Apr 27, with restrictions; Timeline set for more decisions
Day 42 – Tue. Apr. 22, 2020 Here are some Key Notes, Statistics, and Video for Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson’s news update on the COVID-19 pandemic. The Governor welcomed Dr. Nate Smith, Arkansas Cabinet Secretary of Health. The Governor displayed several graphs, including daily number of cases of COVID-19 (fig. 1), the rolling 7-Day cases […]
Hospital Staff Organizes Another “Parking Lot Prayer” Sunday at Hospital
Some of the staff at Saline Memorial Hospital loved the parking lot prayer last week so much, they planned one themselves. It’s coming on Sunday, April 5th at 6 p.m. in the main lot. It’s simple: Drive up. Stay in your car. Turn your hazard lights on. Pray. See video below of the event from […]
Park, Turn on Hazards & Pray – “Parking Lot Prayer” Friday at Hospital
UPDATE March 27th, 2020: Two Saline County women have partnered to organize a drive-up event in Benton for people to pray for healthcare workers and patients. Debbie Abels and Stephanie Reilly. “We came across a post on Facebook where a group did this in Georgia at a hospital and thought it was a great idea,” […]
Local Medical Workers Ask Others to Donate Face Masks or Even Sew Them
If you are like me, you have wondered and/or learned in the past few days what the abbreviation PPE means. It stands for Personal Protective Equipment – like the gloves, masks and other items that medical workers need while attending to the many people suddenly getting tested for Coronavirus (COVID-19). You may have heard in […]
Saline County Business Convicted of Medicaid Fraud; $115K in Restitution and Fines
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today announced the conviction of a Saline County business owner who fraudulently billed Medicaid more than $64,000 for speech therapy services at a daycare for children who did not attend the daycare and/or did not need speech therapy. Jennifer Rogers, 44, owns Arkansas Therapy Source, LLC. She was convicted of […]
Arvest Foundation donates $10K for PANS/PANDAS to Saline Health Foundation
The Arvest Foundation recently made a donation of $10,000 to Saline Health Foundation for its program to expand education, awareness and treatment of Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcal (PANDAS). PANDAS affects 1 in 200 children in the U.S., according to the CDC, and occurs when an infection triggers the immune system and causes […]