OSU Wexner Medical Center works with community hospitals such as Coshocton Regional Medical Center
Contributed to the Coshocton Tribune
COLUMBUS - Coshocton Regional Medical Center is celebrating the 10th anniversary of being a member of the Telestroke Network, which made a big difference in the life of at least one local resident.
CRMC was one of three community hospital to join the network through Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in May 2011. The program now includes 27 hospitals across Ohio. The goal is to delivers critical expertise to patients suffering strokes.
“One of the major goals of the Telestroke Network is to increase access to advanced stroke care in regions of Ohio that don’t have neurovascular and neurosurgical physicians, said Dr. Deepak Gulati, a neurologist and stroke specialist at the OSU Comprehensive Stroke Center. When someone is taken to one of those emergency departments with stroke symptoms, experts are mobilized both there and a
UPDATED 6:01 PM ET May. 10, 2021 PUBLISHED 2:49 PM ET May. 10, 2021 PUBLISHED 2:49 PM EDT May. 10, 2021
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Surrounded by his faithful four legged friends in his living room, Larry Holdredge reflects on a difficult year.
He recently lost his wife and his home has seen better days.
“It’s hard to be alone after 48 years of marriage,” he said.
As if losing a loved one wasn’t hard enough on his mental health, Holdredge has been dealing with an aging roof, but he knew he couldn’t afford to fix it.
Then one day, he was introduced to the Impact Project, a faith-based non-profit that performs home repairs, free of charge.
John Hayden Johnson Middle School Credit: Darrow Montgomery
Denied leave requests. Required evening and weekend work. Demoralized educators. More than 20 staff members at John Hayden Johnson Middle School met with DC Public Schools Chancellor
Lewis Ferebee, Cluster IX Instructional Superintendent
David Pinder, and Ward 8 Councilmember
Trayon White on Oct. 9, 2020, to share these grievances about their new principal,
Dwan Jordon.
“It’s time for him to go,” a staff member said near the end of the three-hour meeting. (All staff members mentioned in this story requested anonymity for fear of personal or professional retaliation from Jordon. Some feared they’d be branded as troublemakers.) “Right now, Johnson is not what Johnson used to be, or what Johnson is known to be.”
Community groups in Rock County are joining forces to distribute fresh food boxes to families struggling with food insecurity most Wednesdays in March thanks to a federal grant tied to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first âFarmers to Familiesâ food distribution was rescheduled for today. It runs from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in the Head Start Child and Family Center parking lot, 1221 Henry Ave., Beloit, and from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the St. Patrickâs Church parking lot, 315 Cherry St., Janesville.
Future distributions are scheduled for March 10, 17, 24 at both locations.
The boxes include fresh fruits, vegetables, meat and dairy products. The âFarmers to Familiesâ program is possible through federal grant funding provided to Produce Alliance, a national food distributor.
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