Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton and Grundy County Emergency Medical Services are offering free hands-only CPR training to the community. Saint Luke’s Health System Marketing and Public Relations Director Jordan Ferguson says hands-only CPR is an easy to learn, life-saving technique that provides individuals with the knowledge and ability to act quickly in the event […]
The Wright Memorial Physicians Group partnered with the Grundy County Health Department recently to offer area student-athletes an opportunity to receive free sports physical exams. About 168 physicals were provided during the two days they were offered with Physicians Group physicians Jennifer Bowe and Jessica Treece as well as family nurse practitioners Syndney Arnold, Elle […]
One nurse from Wright Memorial Hospital of Trenton and one nurse from Hedrick Medical Center of Chillicothe received the DAISY Award at a recognition ceremony recently. Cynthia Beavers from Wright Memorial and Lauren Stewart from Hedrick won the award. The DAISY Award is an international program that rewards and celebrates the clinical skill and care […]
The 2018 Wright Memorial Hospital Foundation 14th Annual Charity Golf Tournament will be held on Friday, June 8 at the Riverside Country Club in Trenton. The event is scheduled to host two flights, one teeing off at 7:30 a.m. and the second at 1 p.m. A breakfast will be provided for participants and volunteers prior […]
Trenton R-9 Superintendent Dan Wiebers announced the resignation of a Board of Education member at a meeting Tuesday evening. Wiebers read Brooke McAtee’s letter of resignation which will be effective June 12th. Wiebers told the board it did not need to vote to approve McAtee’s resignation, it only needed to be announced to the board. […]
Wright Memorial Hospital and Grundy County EMS worked together to provide a free “Hands-Only CPR class with AED instruction” to the senior class in Jamesport. “We are dedicated to working together to provide education to our communities,” said Bev Shaul, Clinical Director of Patient Care Services, Wright Memorial Hospital. “We had a great time interacting […]
Wright Memorial Hospital Foundation announced the selection of a new Foundation Development Officer. David Bain of Trenton is a lifelong resident of Trenton, noting he has a special place in his heart for the community and the people, Bain said the Wright Memorial Hospital Foundation plays an important role in the healthcare environment of the […]
Additional charges have been filed in Grundy County against 37-year-old Bobby Morgans the second of Trenton who was arrested following the theft of a Grundy County ambulance on Tuesday, February 20th. Authorities have accused Morgans of two counts of second-degree burglary and one count of tampering with a motor vehicle last Tuesday. Documents were filed […]
Green Hills Medical Clinic Doctor Jennifer Bowe, Nurse Practitioner Sydney Arnold, and staff will move to Wright Memorial Physicians’ Group in Trenton next month. They will begin seeing patients at the Physicians’ Group October 2 and Bowe says she and her staff will still provide the highest level of care to patients. Bowe is originally from […]
A visitation has been announced for the woman who died after being hit by a pickup truck Wednesday night in downtown Trenton. Forty-eight-year-old Linda Kay Sanderson of Trenton died at Wright Memorial Hospital after the accident. Visitation is at the Roberson Funeral Home in Bethany Tuesday night from 6 to 8 o’clock with inurnment at […]
Don Sipes, FACHE, Vice President, Regional Services, Saint Luke’s Health System, was recently honored during a Wright Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees meeting. Sipes, who recently stepped down from his position on the Wright Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees, has served on the board since 1995, the year Wright Memorial joined Saint Luke’s Health System. “Don […]
A rollover accident yesterday at Leisure Lake injured a rural Trenton woman. 70-year-old Diana Hoppe received minor injuries and was taken by a private vehicle to Wright Memorial Hospital. The highway patrol reports Mrs. Hoppe was eastbound when her sports utility vehicle went off the right side of Leisure Lake Drive and struck a wooden […]
A Gallatin resident was injured Sunday when the vehicle he was driving overturned off Highway 6, three miles west of Jamesport. The Highway Patrol indicated minor injuries to 35-year old Aaron Burrell. He was taken by private vehicle to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton. Damage was extensive to the vehicle. The Patrol’s online report indicated […]
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease. Outside of skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States. To honor those individuals who are currently fighting breast cancer, as well as those who have battled the disease in the […]
A Princeton resident was injured on Friday afternoon when the car she was driving was struck from behind by another car on Highway 136 in Princeton. One of the drivers, 67-year old Corazon Gripp of Princeton, was taken to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton, with what the Highway Patrol described as minor injuries. The other […]
The highway patrol described injuries as minor for a Laredo woman involved in a traffic accident last night at the Thompson River bridge half a mile west of Trenton. The patrol reports 70-year-old Jackie Owens was taken by ambulance to Wright Memorial Hospital. The report noted that just past 8:30 Wednesday evening, the eastbound car […]
A Trenton resident, Barbara Mock, died this morning at Wright Memorial Hospital at the age of 71. She was employed for 30 years by KTTN, working in the accounting and office areas of the radio station. Survivors are her husband Tom Mock and daughter Pam Hattesohl of Trenton. Services for Mrs. Barbara Mock will be […]
Wright Memorial Hospital and the Grundy County Health Department are once again working together to offer sports physical exams for all area students planning to participate in athletic/cheerleading activities during the 2016-2017 school year. Free sports physical exams will be offered on May 4 and May 11 from 3 – 5:30 p.m., at Wright Memorial […]
