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AILSA CHANG, HOST: In November, South Dakota was leading the nation in COVID-19 deaths per capita. Dr. Shankar Kurra of the Monument Health Rapid City Hospital gave us a pretty grim outlook at the time.
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SHANKAR KURRA: The spread is uncontrolled. There is no mitigation or suppression. And what it has done is put a lot of strain on our capacity in the hospital.
CHANG: Now, two months later, cases and deaths are down, and South Dakota stands out for a different reason. It s one of the nation s leaders in vaccine distribution. So we thought we would check back in with Dr. Kurra.
South Dakota has administered roughly 80,000 of the 106,000 doses it has received so far, or 75%. Dr. Shankar Kurra in Rapid City says a centralized system helped for coordination.
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January 12, 2021
RAPID CITY, S.D. Monument Health has announced plans to double the size of the Monument Health Cancer Care Institute, a $36 million project to improve patient comfort, allow more collaboration among specialists, and keep cancer patients closer to home.
“Delivering high-quality care is a Monument Health priority, and our Cancer Care Institute has been an oncology leader for decades,” said Paulette Davidson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Monument Health. “Our patients and our communities deserve quality care in a timely manner. They also deserve privacy, comfort and as much convenience as possible. This expansion project will help us deliver all of these things.”
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December 28, 2020
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Authorities have identified a Rapid City man as the victim in a December 24th fatal shooting.
31-year-old Vernall Marshall was shot and killed last Thursday night in the 1000 block of Silverleaf Avenue in Rapid City.
According to Chief Don Hedrick of the Rapid City Police Dept., police responded to a 911 call regarding gunshots in the area just after 11 p.m. When they arrived, police found Marshall in the street with multiple gunshot wounds. Hedrick says “lifesaving measures were taken”, but the man was later pronounced dead at Monument Health Rapid City Hospital.
RCPD spokesperson Brendyn Medina says police continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the shooting.