Your World Today – Thursday, April 23, 2015
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NEWS Thursday, April 23, 2015
The Salem Memorial District Hospital Board of Directors met for their regular meeting Tuesday evening at the hospital library. Hospital Attorney Mark Weaver gave the oath of office to A.J. Seay, District 3 Director. In the summary of operations for the month of March, Chief Financial Officer Becky Cunningham reported that inpatient admissions were under budget as were the inpatient census days and outpatient registrations but emergency room visits were over budget for the month. The hospital had a loss from operations of $16,881 for the month and $332,021 year to date. According to Cunningham, there was an increase in maintenance costs for the month that included snow removal and CT repairs. The board approved the lease purchase of a Call Light System at $97,000 with a 1.75% interest rate for 48 months. In the Chief Nursing Officer report, assistant Mary Lou Brooks reported during the month there were 841 emergency room visits with an average turnaround time of 119 minutes. She said there were 48 acute care patients; 209 ambulance runs; 18 surgery cases, 1,561 outpatient registrations, 242 home health visits, 7,536 lab tests, 1,029 radiological procedures, 179 CT scans, 13 MRI scans, 3 nuclear med scans, 463 rehab treatments, 185 dialysis treatments and 339 clinical visits of which 50 were for cardiology. Brooks reported on the mock disaster drill that was held on April 16th with students from the high school participating. A tornado scenario with damage to the hospital with several injuries and a fatality was used. Hospital Administrator Dennis Pryor stated the Hospital Auxiliary met in March to discuss the upcoming Books are Fun fundraiser set for September 10th and the Masquerade Jewelry sale set for October 8th and 9th. Pryor reported that according to state leaders, there would be no Medicaid Expansion this year. The board reviewed the Emergency Room and In-Patient survey results with nearly 100% satisfaction in several key areas. Pryor reported that Dr. Chada would assist in the Emergency Room a couple of Saturdays each month. Assistant Hospital Administrator Kasey Lucas said the Electronic Medical Record software program that was formerly known as CPSI is now called Evident. Lucas, Mary Travis and Christine Cottrell recently attended a National User Conference to view new products under development. Pryor reported that the next Community Health Screening will be held May 6 and 7 at the Salem Community Center @ the Armory. The SMDH Foundation Fun Run at Montauk will be held November 7th. The board approved the budgeted expense of a color laser jet printer from Insight for $1,041 and two touch screen monitors from SHI for $914 and two Dell servers from Directec for $23,576, all for Information Systems. The board also approved changes in who is authorized to have access to the two bank lock boxes. The lock boxes are used to store important documents and back up data storage for hospital records. In closed session, the Salem Memorial District Hospital Board of Directors voted unanimously to contract with Dr. Julius Punzalan to join SMDH Family Medicine immediately. He will join Dr. Yvonne Prince, Dr. Bob Carnett, Dr. Vicky Gulley, future physician Dr. Sarfaraz Jasdanwala and Craig Tatom, FNP, Sandra Headrick, FNP, and Nathan Miracle, PA-C. Dr. Punzalan has been an independent physician member of SMDH Medical Staff the past 13 years. He comes to SMDH Family Medicine wanting to concentrate more on office and hospital clinical medicine while leaving the business side to the hospital. The hospital also announced that Dr. Vicky Gulley would be leaving their employ on September 30, 2015. Dr. Gulley’s three year anniversary will be in September. Her reason for leaving was her call schedule along with hospital admission requirements. The hospital wishes her the best in the future.
At the Salem R-80 Board of Education meeting held on Thursday, April 16th in closed session, support staff and coaches were rehired. The board also voted to hire Charles Anderson for high school principal. The closed session was then adjourned.
SPORTS [TOP]
The Salem Tennis Tigers took 2nd in the West Plains Tournament on Wednesday defeating West Plains, Rolla, and Hillcrest, but losing to Rogersville in the Championship match. Salem’s next action will be in the SCA tournament on Wednesday, April 29th.
The Salem Baseball Tigers will be in Willow Springs today for an SCA contest against the Bears. Salem is 3-1 in the SCA and 9-5 overall. Salem has won five of their last six games. The game can be heard online at ksmoradio.com as Cards baseball will be on KSMO. If the Cards game ends in time, the conclusion of the Salem game will be put on the radio side of KSMO.
Kolten Wong hit his first home run of the season and doubled in the winning run in the eighth inning of the St. Louis Cardinals' 7-5 win over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday. Matt Carpenter and Matt Adams also homered for the Cardinals who blew a 5-0 early lead in the game. John Lackey started for the Cardinals but gave up five runs in six innings of work. Kevin Siegrist got the win for St. Louis. The rubber game of the match is this afternoon starting at 2:10 on KSMO with the game time at 3:00.
Mike Pelfrey and two Twins relievers combined for a six-hit shutout as Minnesota salvaged its three-game series in Kansas City with a 3-0 win over the Royals. Jeremy Guthrie (1-1) labored through five innings, allowing three runs on six hits and six walks as the Royals had their three-game winning streak snapped. The Royals open a four-game series against the Chicago White Sox starting tonight.
Vladimir Tarasenko scored two goals, one of which will be on every highlight reel, Jake Allen made 17 saves and the St. Louis Blues routed the Minnesota Wild, 6-1 in Game 4 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series. David Backes and Patrik Berglund each had a goal and an assist, plus Ryan Reaves and Paul Statsny scored for the Blues. Kevin Shattenkirk added three assists for St. Louis who will play the Wild Friday night in St. Louis at 8:30 in Game 5.
OBITUARIES [TOP]
Funeral services for Cleatis Wisdom of Steelville, age 88, will be held Friday at 11:00 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville. Visitation will be today from 5:00 to 8:00. Interment will be in the Crossville Cemetery in Bunker with Full Military Services.
Funeral services for Warren Samuel Beck of Summersville, age 91, will be held Saturday at 11:00 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville. Visitation will be Friday from 5:00 to 8:00. Interment will be in the Steelville Cemetery.
Funeral services for Ruthine Chapman of Salem, age 70, will be held Saturday at 1:00 at the Dent County Memorial Chapel in Salem. Visitation will be held from 11:00 until service time Saturday. Interment will be in the North Lawn Cemetery.
Funeral services for Helen Peterek of Salem, age 90, will be held Sunday at 1:00 at the Wilson Mortuary Chapel in Salem. Visitation will be Saturday evening from 6:00 to 8:00. Interment will be in the Peterek Family Cemetery. Memorials are may be made to the American Diabetes Association.
Funeral services for Peter Ernest August Hahn of Rolla, age 83, will be held Tuesday at 10:00 at the James and Gahr Mortuary in Rolla. Visitation will be Monday from 5:00 to 7:00. Interment will be in the Rolla City Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Phelps County Animal Shelter or Delbert Day Cancer Center.
Funeral services for Virginia “Ginnie” Carrolla of Rolla, age 72, will be held Tuesday at 1:00 at the Ridgeview Christian Church in Rolla. Visitation will be from 11:00 until service time. Interment will be in the Rolla City Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Christian Campus Fellowship. Arrangements are under the direction of the James and Gahr Mortuary in Rolla.
WEATHER [TOP]
Today..Partly cloudy, high of 62.
Tonight..Mostly cloudy with a 30% chance for showers after midnight, low of 43.
Friday..Cloudy and breezy with a 60% chance for showers and thunder-storms, high around 60.
Friday night..Cloudy and breezy with a 50% chance for showers and thunderstorms, low of 52.
