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From Fragile Beginnings: How The Children’s SPOT Helped a NICU Baby Thrive

Kirsti Millar, a 35-year-old of Kansas City, was 23 weeks pregnant with her second child in early 2023 when her water suddenly broke. What should have been a season of joy and anticipation became a medical emergency.

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Finding Her Voice: The Children’s SPOT Helps Young Girl Turn Silence Into Strength

Janette Platter is the community chaplain at Saint Luke’s Bishop Spencer Place, a vibrant senior living community just steps from the Country Club Plaza. But in early 2025, she was just another mom seeking the very best care for her child. Fortunately, she knew it wasn’t too far away.

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KSHB: Kansas City 5-Year-Old Finds Her Voice Through Play Therapy At Saint Luke's

After 5-year-old Hildie Platter was diagnosed with selective mutism a year and a half ago, her mother, Janette Platter, turned to The Children's SPOT (Speech, Physical, and Occupational Therapy) for rehabilitative speech services through play therapy.

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Kansas City Business Journal: Meet Leaders Shaping Health Care in KC

The Kansas City Business Journal named Darren Bass, DPT, FACHE, president of Saint Luke’s North and Critical Access Region, as one of its 20 health care professionals to know in the Kansas City area in 2025.

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Chillicothe Man Celebrates Birthday, Holidays After Life-Threatening Wasp Sting

Todd Shannon expresses thanks to Saint Luke's providers for their life-saving interventions which ultimately saved his life.

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FOX4: Patients Vote from the Hospital on Election Day

A Saint Luke's North Hospital patient shared her experience with FOX4 after she was able to vote from her hospital bed.

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BJC Health System Receives National Recognition for LGBTQ+ Equality and Inclusion

Multiple hospitals earned high marks as Healthcare Equality Leader and High Performer designations.

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Kansas City Business Journal: Saint Luke's Health System Names Former Cox Exec as CEO of Its North Region

Saint Luke's Health System named Darren Bass as CEO of its North Region.

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Darren Bass Named Chief Executive Officer of Saint Luke’s Health System’s North Region

Darren Bass, DPT, FACHE, has been named Chief Executive Officer for Saint Luke’s North Region.

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Learning to Appreciate Life

Peaches Tutera Cunningham and her husband, David, welcomed their son, John David, into the world in 1996. Two short years later, John David was diagnosed with autism.