CentraCare

CentraCare and the University of Minnesota are working on creating a new medical school based here in central Minnesota.

Health experts are offering advice on avoiding frostbite.

Another free preventative care event is coming to St. Cloud this week.

CentraCare is looking to sell off some of its central Minnesota properties.

CentraCare broke ground on their major expansion project at Paynesville Hospital last week.

Healthcare providers are sounding the alarm that one day in the not-too-distant future, COVID-19 treatments and testing will no longer be free.

COVID-19 numbers are back up at St. Cloud Hospital this month but only slightly. Dr. George Morris from CentraCare joined me on WJON this week. He says they have 12 positive COVID patients within their CentraCare facilities with 2 of those in the St. Cloud Hospital ICU/Critical Care Unit.

For the past 2 years St. Cloud Hospital and CentraCare has been busy with COVID-19 patients. This week according to CentraCare spokesman, Dr. George Morris, St. Cloud Hospital has just 10 people hospitalized with COVID-19 and just 1 person in the ICU/Critical Care unit.

CentraCare's Paynesville Hospital is getting set for a major expansion.

The COVID-19 numbers at St. Cloud Hospital are about the same this week as last week but Dr. George Morris is optimistic our local COVID numbers will decrease dramatically over the next 6 to 8 weeks. Morris says they have 74 people at St. Cloud Hospital with COVID with 22 of those in the ICU/critical care unit.