Community Events
- The Exchange June 18, 2019
- South Kenai Peninsula Opioid Task Force Monthly Meeting June 26, 2019
- South Peninsula Hospital Monthly Board of Directors Meeting June 26, 2019
- "Spit Run" 2019 10K to the Bay & Cosmic Half Marathon June 29, 2019
- The Exchange July 2, 2019
- Speech Therapy for Children Q&A with Ashley Brasfield, Speech-Language Pathologist July 9, 2019
- South Kenai Peninsula Resilience Coalition Meeting July 10, 2019
- The Exchange July 16, 2019
- American Heart Association CPR/AED and First Aid Classes July 19, 2019
- South Kenai Peninsula Opioid Task Force Monthly Meeting July 24, 2019
- South Peninsula Hospital Monthly Board of Directors Meeting July 31, 2019
Hospital Solicits Coffee Vendor Proposals
/in Homepage /by Tundra TechnologiesSouth Peninsula Hospital is accepting proposals for an onsite coffee/espresso vendor at its main facility location at 4300 Bartlett Street. Proposals are due by 5:00pm, July 10. Guidelines and requirements by contacting Glenn Radeke, Facilities Director, at 235-0351. (View RFP)…
Measles in Homer is Preventable
/in Homepage /by Maggie WyattThe following editorial was written by SPH Chief of Staff Giulia Tortora, MD and originally published in the Homer News on June 5, 2019.
In 1989, I spent two months working in a hospital in Tanzania, Africa. While I worked in that small village, where no vaccines were available and care options were limited, I was shocked to discover that the main disease that killed children was measles. Not malaria. Not malnutrition. Measles. Watching any child die of a preventable disease is heartbreaking.
Measles vaccination rates have declined, and the outbreak in the U.S. is both serious and terrifying. The likelihood of seeing it in Alaska is very high, and we need to prepare to face the consequences of this public health nightmare.
Homer Steps Up! 2019 Community Walking Challenge Results!
/in Homepage /by Maggie WyattWe not only reached our community goal of 100 million steps together in the month of May – we reached 110 million steps!
The winning teams are The City of Homer Team with a team score of 311,756 (actual total steps of 16,835,327 between 54 members!) and the M&M&M’s – a team of staff & families from Paul Banks Elementary School with a team score of 347,125 (actual total steps of 3,818,374 between 11 members).
Thank you to all the teams who participated, and everyone who participated as an individual stepper – we will see you next year!
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