SoutheastHEALTH hopes to avoid uptick in COVID-19 cases SoutheastHEALTH closed the COVID-19 unit several months ago. (Source: KFVS) By Amber Ruch | May 14, 2021 at 4:20 PM CDT - Updated May 14 at 4:20 PM
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Many hospitals in the Heartland are hopeful, in terms of the future, when it comes to COVID-19 infections.
At SoutheastHEALTH, cases spiked in fall 2020 with an average of about 50 patients a day.
Now, they are seeing one to two patients a day.
The hospital closed the COVID-19 unit several months ago. If a patient comes in now, they can put them in an isolation room and treat them there.
SoutheastHEALTH unveils plans for $125M, three-phase expansion
SoutheastHEALTH unveils plans for $125M, three-phase expansion By Amber Ruch | May 13, 2021 at 1:27 PM CDT - Updated May 13 at 6:15 PM
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - SoutheastHEALTH unveiled plans for a $125 million, three-phase expansion.
The newest facility will house the Southeast Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Center, Women’s Integrated Health Services and an Ambulatory Surgery Center at its west campus on South Mount Auburn Road.
The first phase of the project, a new, $30 million Behavioral Health Hospital, opened in the spring.
Construction on phase two, a $75 million investment, will begin in the summer with a projected completion date of early 2023. It will include a 70,000 square-foot Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Center and Women’s Integrated Health Services.
SoutheastHEALTH releases COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan for southeast Missouri
Health officials explain COVID-19 vaccine delivery process By Brooke Buckner | December 17, 2020 at 6:54 PM CST - Updated December 18 at 5:46 PM
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Southeast Hospital is the local distribution site for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
The state of Missouri ships it there to be packaged and sent to other medical facilities in southeast Missouri.
SoutheastHEALTH is defending its plan to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine in southeast Missouri as concerns are being raised about the process.
At Saint Francis Healthcare, President and CEO Maryann Reese said her front line workers need the vaccination.