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Nachtigal says that establishing a simulation center had been on her wish list, but hospital administrators could never find the space in the budget to make it a reality. The Baxter Regional Hospital Foundation conducted a fundraising campaign to help create the sim lab. Ed and Gayle Goodman served as the center’s naming donors. Barney Larry, Baxter Regional’s Vice President of Business Development and the Executive Director of the Hospital Foundation, called the Goodmans “the lead drivers” on the sim lab campaign. “Once we got their gift, we knew we could get the others,” he said...

PHOTO: Ed and Gayle Goodman pose next to one of the medical manikins used at the Ed and Gayle Goodman Simulation Center at Baxter Regional. The hospital announced Thursday that it was naming the sim center, which opened on Oct. 1, after the Goodmans. Baxter Regional Medical Center’s high-tech medical manikins now have a home at the Ed and Gayle Goodman Simulation Center. The hospital unveiled the center’s name Thursday afternoon at a donor celebration event attended by more than 30 donors, volunteers and hospital employees.Patient conditions like emergency care, cardiac functions, advance...

Tens of thousands of families will suffer under cruel funeral rules unless ministers act urgently. Funeral directors expect at least another 80,000 cremations and burials to fall under Covid curbs between now and June 21 – the earliest date for easing under Boris Johnson's roadmap. Charities last night backed calls for a review of the 30-person limit on mourners. They warned the continued restrictions would mean 'pain, distress and extended grief'.  Campaigners also want family members to be allowed to hold a grieving relative's hand. Funeral directors expect at least another 80,000 crema...

Pinwheel for Prevention campaign raises awareness on child abuse and last updated 2021-04-09 21:03:31-04 April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month. "You need steps to recovery, to healing to restoration and becoming whole again," says Alison Sorley, development specialist for Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and Children. That's why the Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and Children wants people to know they're there to give a voice to those who may find it difficult to speak out. "We offer free case management counseling forensic exams and interviews, and we w...

PPP changes helping small minority-owned businesses land loans: ‘I’m glad somebody saw the light’ Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune © E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS Barbara Wright, de 59 años, maestra y conductora de Lyft que vive en Englewood, al sur de Chicago, recibió un préstamo PPP condonable de $1,085 el verano pasado. When President Joe Biden announced changes this week to the Paycheck Protection Program designed to provide more equitable relief to smaller and minority-owned businesses, the benefits quickly made a difference for Barb...