By Reader Staff Bonner General Health has expanded access to specialty care with the Aug. 24 opening of its newest clinic, Bonner General Urology, under the leadership of urologist Ron Barrett. The clinic will...
By Reader Staff Bonner General Health announced Idaho Elks Rehab has presented the third and final installment of a three-year, $300,000 commitment to Performance Therapy Services. Officials stated that the latest $100,000 donation marks...
By Reader Staff Bonner General Health recently announced the launch of its new transitional care program, also known as “swing beds.” A successful survey of BGH from its accrediting organization led to approval by...
By Reader Staff Fifth-grade students at Farmin-Stidwell Elementary School decided they wanted to give something back to the community during the holiday season, sending care baskets to kids and adults at Bonner General Health....
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Everything changed for Jake Gemkow last November. While loading wood into his pickup truck at his home in Sagle, Gemkow suddenly lost feeling on his right side and couldn’t...
By Reader Staff Following CEO Sheryl Rickard’s announcement in October that she would retire after 37 years with Bonner General Health, the hospital will transition to new leadership before the new year. The Bonner...
Bonner General Health’s announcement March 17 that it would end labor and delivery services ripped a hole in the fabric of our community. Generations of North Idaho residents were born at our hospital, proudly...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Since the news broke March 17 that Bonner General Health would suspend labor and delivery services effective May 19, the story has torn not only through the local community...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Idaho is closing in on the end of its official coronavirus pandemic emergency status, as Gov. Brad Little announced in early March that the state would cease its emergency...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare deactivated crisis standards of care for the Panhandle Health District on Dec. 20 — nearly a month after rescinding the resource-saving measure...
