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Opioid Epidemic Alive and Well in North Dakota
45,000 people across the US died last year from overdosing on drugs and medications. More than 42,000 of those overdose deaths were from opiates. That means there are more opioid related deaths than those from car accidents and gun violence combined. CHI St. Alexius Emergency and Trauma Center Director Dr. Jon Solberg adds, "The US uses 80 percent of the world's opiates and we only have five percent of the population, so this has become a huge problem in the last 10 years."
Remembrance Service for Infant Loss
In honor of National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, CHI St. Alexius Health Bismarck is holding its 25th annual Perinatal Loss Service of Remembrance on Saturday, October 13 at 10 am at St. Mary’s Cemetery. The cemetery is located at 23rd Street and East Avenue D in Bismarck.
CHI ND Violence Prevention Program Honors Domestic Violence Awareness Month
The CHI ND Violence Prevention Program is honoring October 2018 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The statistics associated with domestic violence are astonishing. According to the Center for Disease Control approximately 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men in the US have been slapped, pushed, or shoved by an intimate partner in her/his lifetime; this doesn’t even begin to reflect those who experience verbal, psychological or sexual abuse.
7th Annual CHI St. Alexius Kickball Tournament is back
The one-day all-day event featured 27 co-ed teams and also included a best-dressed uniform contest and a team fundraising challenge. This is where people of all ages came together to raise money for child health care awareness in the Bismarck Mandan area.
CHI St. Alexius Bismarck Adds Two New Urgent Care Facilities
The Capital City now has two more options for immediate health care. CHI St. Alexius has two new Urgent Care Facilities.
CHI St. Alexius opens two urgent care clinics
CHI St Alexius is opening two urgent care clinics in Bismarck, hoping to get non-life threatening conditions handled outside the emergency room.
New mammography machine at CHI St. Alexius Bismarck will improving breast cancer screening
CHI St. Alexius in Bismarck is the latest to bring in a new 3D mammography machine, which doctors say could save lives with better imaging.
State agencies, hospitals working to prevent another IV bag shortage
After IV bag shortages in the first part of 2018, the supply line to hospitals is nearly fixed. Now, hospitals and state agencies are working together, creating a plan to avoid another shortage.
