Reader Quick Hits: May 8, 2020
Only three of the 67 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Panhandle Health District are still being monitored, the agency reported May 8. A total of 63 cases have been reported in Kootenai County...
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BGH announces ‘measured’ reopening of clinics and services
By Reader Staff Bonner General Health released what it referred to as a “measured process” of reopening its clinics and services in phases to be in concert with Gov. Brad Little’s stages of reopening...
Bonner County case ‘not community transmission’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The coronavirus pandemic hit home on March 29 when Panhandle Health District announced the first positive case in Bonner County. The patient is a male in his 60s who...
How you can make masks for health care workers in need
By Ben Olson Reader Staff One question that gets asked quite a bit during this coronavirus outbreak is, “How can I help?” While practicing social distancing guidelines, regularly washing your hands and avoiding touching...
Idaho cases stands at 9
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There have been nine lab-confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) reported statewide in Idaho as of Wednesday, March 18 at 10 a.m. All confirmed cases have stemmed from the...
First coronavirus case reported in Idaho
By Ben Olson Reader Staff *Updated 3:50 p.m. Gov. Brad Little announced Friday at 3 p.m. that Idaho had reported its first positive test results for the coronavirus. Gov. Little is expected to give...
‘It is containable’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Regardless of whether a community, region or country has been touched by the virus COVID-19, it seems the so-called “coronavirus” has taken over the social consciousness in recent weeks...
A tribute to the children
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There is nothing quite as painful as when a parent loses a child. Kristina Orton knows that pain all too well after her son, Patrick, passed away at just...
A healthy institution
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff If there is an idea central to the character of Bonner General Health, it’s community. Defined by the hundreds of doctors, nurses and other employees that walk the facility’s...
BGH celebrates 70 years in Sandpoint
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff From humble beginnings as a refurbished military infirmary to its sprawling, modern medical campus, Bonner General Health has come a long way in 70 years. Now it’s time to...
