All Entries Tagged With: "Prowers Medical Center"
Letter to the Editor
To The Voters in Prowers County Please VOTE NO to recall Candy Ruedeman, Director on PMC’s hospital board! We need her years of hospital experience to be a contributor to our hospital. There are 3 questions on the ballot: 2 questions address if there should be a recall at all. The third question addresses a […]
PMC Special Board Meeting/Forum January 17 on Recall Election
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PROWERS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT AND TO ALL OTHER PERSONS TO WHOM IT MAY BE OF CONCERN: NOTICE is hereby given that a special meeting of the Board of Directors of the Prowers County Hospital District d/b/a Prowers Medical Center will be held at The Lamar […]
Granada–Holly Highway Chase Results in Lamar Fatality
Pursuit / Fatal Crash The Colorado State Patrol is currently investigating a three vehicle fatal crash that occurred on January 9, 2012, at approximately 9:40 P.M., on Highway 50 in the town of Holly. At approximately 9:34 PM, a Granada Police Officer attempted to contact a 1995 Camaro that was traveling eastbound, for reckless […]
Three Potential PMC Board of Director Candidates Named for Recall Election
Sandra Summers, Karl Clifford Nieschburg and Kathleen (Kathy) R. Henderson will have their names listed as candidates for the Prowers Medical Center Board of Directors on the February 7, 2012 recall election for current board members Candy Ruedeman and Marge Campbell. PMC board members approved a resolution to set the recall election date during […]
Safer Holiday with PMC and PATS
New Year’s Eve means very different things for different people. For some, it is a chance to enjoy a quiet evening at home; ringing in the New Year with loved ones. For others, New Year’s Eve is a chance for a wild night out on the town filled with champagne and party hats. If you […]
PMC Recall Election Set for February 7, 2012
The recall election for Prowers Medical Center Board of Director members, Candy Ruedeman and Marge Campbell has been set for February 7, 2012. Members of the board approved a resolution to set a recall date during a special board meeting, Wednesday, December 21. This will be a mail-in ballot election which consists of two basic […]
PMC Acquiring Radiology Information System
Prowers Medical Center continues to upgrade the hospital’s medical and information technology with the purchase of a Radiology Information System. Chief Executive Officer, Jim Fairchild, briefed board members on how the equipment will integrate with the Picture Archive System purchased two years ago. X-rays and other radiology reports are currently digitized and emailed to a […]
Ruling States Recall Petition-Election Can Proceed
Hearing Officer Mark MacDonnell ruled this past Friday, November 25, “that the Petition to Recall Marjorie Campbell from the Office of Prowers County Hospital District Board should be and is hereby determined to be sufficient as a matter of law.” The identical ruling was held for PMC board member, Candy Ruedeman. Both women, facing a […]
Ruling on Recall Petition Protest Expected Friday
The validity of several signatures on recall election petitions for Marge Campbell and Candy Ruedeman won’t be known until this Friday, when 16th Judicial District Judge, Mark MacDonnell, makes his decision known. Ruedeman and Campbell, members of the Prowers Medical Center Board of Directors, are facing a possible recall election. They were represented in Prowers […]
Recall Petition Protest Set for Courthouse Hearing
NOTICE OF MEETING TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PROWERS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT AND TO ALL OTHER PERSONS TO WHOM IT MAY BE OF CONCERN: NOTICE is hereby given that a special meeting of the Board of Directors of the Prowers County Hospital District d/b/a Prowers Medical Center will be held at The Prowers County […]
PMC Opens Cardio Rehabilitation Department
Prowers Medical Center continues to expand their cardio departments with the opening of the Cardio Rehabilitation Department this week. Last year, PMC opened their pulmonary rehabilitation department for area patients. The Rehabilitation Department offers a twelve week program, initiated by a cardiac patient’s physician. The out-patient program seeks to stabilize, slow and hopefully reverse the […]
Equipment Upgrades Continue at PMC, Additional Recall Forum Proposed
Four equipment upgrades were approved by the Prowers Medical Center Board of Directors, including a new telephone system. Frontier Telephone was the low bidder for a new phone system at a price not to exceed $50,000. Frontier’s bid was $45,173, and the company will provide training on the new system for the medical clinic. Chief […]
To the Citizens of Prowers County: Letter to the Editor
I was thinking about the re-call petitions being circulated in our community for the Prowers Medical Center Board; how come this is being done in the first place since none of the alleged reasons can be proven? I think we need someone with medical knowledge on the Board. Candy Ruedeman has many years of experience […]
Breast Cancer Topics Featured through October
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and some 50 Lamar area residents took part in a Linked in Pick, Woman’s Walk around Willow Creek Park walk to show their support of on-going efforts to educate the public healthy lifestyles which can help prevent the disease. Sponsored in part by Prowers Medical Center, High Plains Community […]
More Arguments Heard on PMC Recall Petition
Prowers Medical Center, board recall petitioners, have about one month left to collect 300 approved signatures to initiate a recall vote for members Candy Ruedeman and Marge Campbell. That many registered voters are needed on the petitions to hold a recall vote for either member. Once the petitions were approved, the petitioners had 60 days […]
Southeast Mental Health Services Expanding to Memorial Drive
Just as Lamar has an industrial park off North Main Street, a comprehensive medical park has been developing over the years at the northern end of Memorial Drive. Another addition to the site now anchored by Prowers Medical Center and High Plains Community Health Center, took a step closer to fruition Tuesday, October 4, […]
PMC Hosts Orthopedic Surgical Group this Week
A group of five orthopedic surgeons have expressed interest in the Specialty Clinic at Prowers Medical Center and will be hosted to a luncheon at the hospital Thursday, October 6. The surgeons will attend a ‘meet and greet’ with the medical staff at that time. Hospital CEO James Fairchild said earlier, that one way to […]
New Developments in PMC Recall Election
The Board of Directors of the Prowers Hospital District have called a public meeting for Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 8pm at the Lamar Community Building to discuss issues surrounding the recall petitions for two board members, Candy Ruedeman and Marge Campbell. Recall petitions for the two board members were originated by three Prowers Medical […]
PMC Board Chair, Submits Response to Campbell Allegations
In light of the possible Prowers Medical Center Board recall election facing our community, I believe it is important to show our transparency and accountability to voters by responding to the questions raised by Board Members Marge Campbell and Candy Ruedeman. We know that citizens appreciate the importance of their voting power, and want to […]