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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…
Christmas and New Years Holiday Hours
Thursday, December 19, 2024
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We hope you celebrate your holiday traditions over the next couple of weeks joyfully and healthfully. However, if you do require care close to home, please note our holiday hours: Christmas Eve: Prairie Lakes Specialty Clinic, Cancer Center, both Prairie Lakes Brown Clinic locations, and Convenience Care will close at…
Winter Session of Core4 Registration is Now Open!
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
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With a new year beginning, it's the perfect opportunity to begin following a healthier lifestyle! Change your lifestyle, change your eating habits, change your attitude and change your life! Classes start Tuesday, January 14th with weekly one-hour session to be offered each Tuesday at 12:00 p.m. or 5:00 p.m. Register…
Prairie Lakes Healthcare System Contribution Supports Watertown Cares’ Mission to Address Homelessness
Monday, December 16, 2024
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WATERTOWN, S.D. – December 16, 2024 – Prairie Lakes Healthcare System (PLHS) presented a $50,000 contribution to the "Sam Off the Streets" campaign, spearheaded by Watertown Cares to support operational costs for 612 Flats, an emergency housing facility in Watertown which also provides case management for those experiencing homelessness. PLHS…
Prairie Lakes Baby Café Coming January 2025!
Monday, December 09, 2024
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Prairie Lakes Maternal Child Health is excited to introduce the new Prairie Lakes Baby Café - a free and informal breastfeeding support group offering ongoing professional lactation care and intervention. The Baby Café will be available every Tuesday starting January 7th, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the…
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