More Than 5,000 Surgery Centers Can Now Serve As Makeshift Hospitals During COVID-19 Crisis

The Trump administration cleared the way Monday to immediately use outpatient surgery centers, inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, hotels and even dormitories as makeshift hospitals, health care centers or quarantine sites during the coronavirus crisis.

Pend Oreille Surgery Center celebrates groundbreaking

PONDERDAY - Pend Oreille Surgery Center, LLC. recently broke ground on its 8,400-square-foot, three operating room ambulatory surgery facility in Ponderay. The project will be completed in spring of 2009.

Pend Oreille Surgery Center opens

Pend Oreille Surgery Center owners and staff, accompanied by the Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors, celebrated with a ribbon cutting ceremony announcing the opening of the new  surgical center.

POSC celebrating 10th anniversary

PONDERAY — In just over a week, Pend Oreille Surgery Center will celebrate a big milestone as the facility marks 10 years of patient care.

Who is that person behind the mask?

On Nov. 6 through Nov. 12, we celebrate Perioperative Nurse Week. During this time, hospital operating rooms, surgical hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers all over the country take time to honor those professionals who have dedicated their careers to the care of our most vulnerable patients; our surgical patients.

Study Finds Cataract Surgery Leaves Patients Satisfied

(Family Features) By 2030, 38 million Americans will suffer from cataracts, a number that will increase to 50 million by 2050, according to the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health. The most common treatment for cataracts is surgery, and new research suggests its benefits are strong.

The Nation's 5,000 Outpatient Surgery Centers Could Help With The COVID-19 Overflow

As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise, a group of anesthesiologists wants to convert America’s surgery centers into critical care units for infected patients.

Liberal letters are patently dishonest

I am writing in response to a series of very liberal submissions to the Bonner County Daily Bee, which are patently dishonest.

Injured arborist is on the mend

Family grateful for support

Arborist who took nasty fall is recovering

Vet clinic embraces technique

SANDPOINT — A local veterinary service has been certified to perform a leading-edge surgical technique for treating dogs with torn anterior cruciate ligaments.

Cornerstone Physical Therapy dedicated to helping others

SANDPOINT — A hometown girl raised in Sandpoint, Christina “Tina” Rust-Hefley operates Cornerstone Physical Therapy & Aquatic Center, 1301 N. Division.

Godec named new Bonner General chief nursing officer

SANDPOINT — Bonner General Hospital has named Charlene Godec, R.N. as the hospital’s chief nursing officer.

City receives parks grant

SANDPOINT — A new program designed to make local parks more inclusive got a financial boost last week when the city received a $5,000 grant to help build accessible playground equipment.

Former deputy facing 55 wire fraud counts

Sebero allegedly faked being paraplegic

SANDPOINT - A former Bonner County Sheriff's marine patrol deputy is facing a slew of federal charges in two states for allegedly faking paraplegia and obtaining more than $1 million in Veterans Administration benefits.

Spring opens new practice

PONDERAY — Seasons Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery has opened its doors.

2019 legislative session is off and running

2019 is off and running and with it comes a new Idaho legislative session. I travelled down to Boise last Thursday just as the event-filled inaugural weekend kicked off. Things are all abuzz in Boise with a new governor, a new lieutenant governess and over 23 new members in the Idaho House and Senate being sworn in and beginning their duties.

Catherine Mable Penrod, 85

Catherine Mable Penrod, 85, passed away July 3, 2010, at Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

Hip, hip, hooray, let's cheer safely today

“Right now, everyone, please pray for my daughter. We’re at the emergency room and the doctors are with her.” My niece posted this on Facebook a couple of weeks ago. Not surprisingly, it scared me. Totally. So, I immediately called my sister-in-law only to find out that my great-niece had sprained her wrist during cheerleading practice.

Conservation K-9 is on duty in Bonner County

SANDPOINT — The state is beginning to embrace the concept of pairing Idaho Department of Fish & Game conservation officers with service dogs.

No headline

Puzzling that a person with Barry Rosenberg’s credentials should claim that the Idaho Department of Lands is unscrupulous and poorly managed without providing facts (Daily Bee, June 22, 2017). Perhaps in the past they were so, but a few years ago Montana’s Property and Environment Research Center, especially Holly Fretwell, published several studies that proved that in Idaho, state management of timber and recreation properties was far more efficient and profitable than federal management (www.perc.org/articles/divided-lands-state-vs-federal-management). Curiouser, Barry makes a big deal out of 114 of 2,800 acres (0.04 percent). Could there be some other motive in play?