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The First Prairie Lakes Health & Wellness Expo: What to Expect! Featured
Saturday, January 25, 2025
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Join us on Saturday, January 25th for our first community-wide Health & Wellness Event at the Codington County Extension Complex. Men and women of all ages are invited to visit with 30+ of our departments to gather information, enjoy educational activities, and pick up various treats and promotional items. The…
Prairie Lakes Expands Services with New Castlewood Wellness Depot Clinic
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
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WATERTOWN, S.D. – January 22, 2025 – Prairie Lakes Healthcare System (PLHS) is proud to announce its inclusion in the newly constructed Castlewood Wellness Depot, bringing enhanced healthcare access to the Castlewood community. At a special meeting on Wednesday, the Castlewood City Council approved the proposal by PLHS to lease…
Prairie Lakes Implementing Next Phase of Time of Service Payments
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
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Effective Tuesday, January 21, Prairie Lakes Healthcare System will be collecting co-pays, deductibles, and co-insurance from patients at time of service in an effort to educate patients on their insurance benefits and help them understand their financial responsibilities for their care. Collecting time-of-service payments aligns with common and current healthcare industry…
The January 21st Cancer Support Group is Cancelled
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
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Due to unforeseen circumstances, the January meeting scheduled for today - January 21st has been cancelled. For more information, or to register for next month's meeting, click the link below: Cancer Support Group 2025
Why Mask? Is it Still Important?
Thursday, January 16, 2025
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Wearing a mask can help stop the spread of germs that cause illness, such as Influenza, COVID-19 and RSV. When someone who is sick wears a mask, it keeps the virus from spreading to others. Masks also help protect the person wearing it from breathing in germs from others. Masks…
Prairie Lakes Opens Baby Café Providing Support for Breastfeeding Mothers
Tuesday, January 07, 2025
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WATERTOWN, S.D. – January 7, 2025 – Prairie Lakes Healthcare System is excited to announce the opening of Watertown’s first “Baby Café,” a breastfeeding support program, located in the Maternal Child Health family lounge on the hospital’s second floor. The first Baby Café meet up was held today, January 7.…
Prairie Lakes Welcomes the 1st Baby Born in 2025
Thursday, January 02, 2025
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WATERTOWN, S.D. – January 2, 2024 – Hailey and Robbie Bentley of Lake Norden, SD welcomed their new baby boy at 11:32 am on January 1, 2025. Camden Bentley is the first baby born at Prairie Lakes Healthcare System in 2025 weighing 6lbs, 3oz. He has a proud big sister, Averie.First…
Oh Baby, It's Been a Busy Year in Labor & Delivery!
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
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Our Maternal Child Health department welcomed 629 babies into the world in 2024! The public Baby Gallery continues to be the most popular page of our website so we wanted to dig a little deeper into the new bundles of joy born in 2024:
PLHS Lab Now Online with New Automation Technology
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
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Laboratory Automation is the use of technology and equipment to perform laboratory tasks automatically, reducing human intervention. Lab has been planning the implementation of this new automation technology for close to a year. The complete project took 8 months to complete and involved key stakeholders from the laboratory, IT, and…
Give Blood, Save a Life, Save Time at the Health & Wellness Expo on January 25th
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
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The Blood Mobile will be parked outside of the Codington County Extension Complex during the upcoming PLHS Health & Wellness Expo. What can be done to make sure your friends, neighbors, and family receive the blood they need? It’s simple – donate blood to the Community Blood Bank. To make…
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