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Nationwide IV fluid shortage did not impact Delaware hospitals

Peter OsborneHeadlines, Health

Delaware hospitals have weathered the storm created by a really big storm in North Carolina. Hurricane Helene triggered a nationwide crisis in IV fluid supplies after causing severe flooding damage to Baxter International’s North Cove facility in Marion, NC, in late September 2024. According to the American Medical Association, this facility typically produces approximately 60% of the IV fluid used …

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Q&A: Dr. John Powell returns home as Beebe Healthcare’s physician-in-chief

Peter OsborneHeadlines, Health

  By Pam George Dr. John Powell is back in the county where he grew up On Nov. 11, a group of Beebe Healthcare employees gathered outside the Margaret H. Rollins Lewes Campus to commemorate Veterans Day. For one physician, the ceremony had multiple meanings. Dr. John Powell, who served active duty as a U.S. Navy diver and undersea medical …

Sussex Consortium has many students with disabilities, and a vocational program gears them up to land a paying job in the workforce.

Cape’s Sussex Consortium helps students with disabilities land careers

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

A 21-year old student with disabilities that require a wheelchair has secured a career in hospital work, and she’s giving all the credit to a unique vocational program at Cape Henlopen School District’s Sussex Consortium. “I’m so grateful because I feel like this program has given me so many opportunities, and if I wasn’t in this program, I don’t think …

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Advances in mammography among Breast Cancer Update topics

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  The use of artificial intelligence in screening for breast cancers and a little used technique that can efficiently and economically find cancers in women at high risk for that cancer are  among the topics to be tackled during the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition’s annual update in May. Dr. Jacqueline Holt, medical director of the Delaware Imaging Network, says that …

Delaware Skills Center's Electrical Training Program was one of this year's winners.

6 named 2024 Superstars in Education & Training Winners

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Six institutions in Delaware have been recognized by the Delaware State Chamber as 2024 Superstars in Education & Training winners. Since 1989, the awards program has recognized educational programs for innovative and impactful programming.  The Delaware State Chamber of Commerce and its affiliate, The Partnership, Inc., stated that all of this year’s winners exemplify creativity and efficacy in workforce development …

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Beebe Specialty Surgical Hospital in Rehoboth ready for first patient

Pam GeorgeHeadlines, Health

  Damp, chilly weather couldn’t diminish the enthusiasm of the group that gathered Thursday in Beebe Healthcare’s new Specialty Surgical Hospital. Health care leaders, board members and caregivers were on hand to cut the ribbon on the $124 million, four-story hospital, located on the Rehoboth campus just off routes 1 and 24. The hospital will care for its first patient …

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Doctor who sat on COVID-19 alt medicine panel leaves Beebe

Charles MegginsonHeadlines, Health

Dr. Adam Brownstein, pictured at Monday’s panel, parted ways with Beebe Healthcare Tuesday.   A Milford doctor who sat on a COVID-19 alternative medicine panel Monday night has parted ways with Beebe Healthcare and Beebe Medical Group. The two events were not related, said Dr. Adam Brownstein, a family medicine physician. He said his departure had been three months in the …