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KMBC: St. Luke's adding 163 hospital beds - 75 ICU beds, 52 inpatient beds, and 33 Emergency Room beds
Apr. 1, 2020

KMBC: Saint Luke's Adds Hospital Beds as COVID-19 Continues to Spread

Saint Luke's is adding 163 hospital beds to care for patients. 

FOX4News: Saint Luke's adds additional beds - 163 beds - 75 ICU beds, 52 inpatient beds and 33 ER beds
Apr. 1, 2020

FOX4: Saint Luke's Adds Hospital Beds

Saint Luke's is adding 163 hospital beds to care for patients as COVID-19 continues to spread.
Coronavirus: Only on 41 Action News: Behind the scenes at J. Rieger & Co. - Distillery working to keep the community safe
Mar. 31, 2020

KSHB: J. Rieger & Co. making thousands of gallons of hand sanitizer

J. Rieger & Co. is normally all about booze - but during this pandemic, instead of bottling whiskey, the Kansas City distillery is helping with the demand COVID-19 has put on the community.
Nurses standing together wearing PPE
Mar. 31, 2020

Kansas City Star: For KC nurses on coronavirus’ front lines, a cookie train provides spark in morale

Kansas City hospitals partake in a cookie train to raise spirits in a stressful and unprecedented time due to COVID-19.
ISCHEMIA
Mar. 31, 2020

TCTMD: ISCHEMIA in Print: New MI Data and More Calls for Longer Follow-up

The ISCHEMIA (International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness with Medical and Invasive Approaches) trial focused on evaluating survival and benefits to the patients quality of life.
A statue in Kansas City wearing a mask
Mar. 30, 2020

Kansas City Star: Kansas City’s coronavirus quandary: Is it time for everyone to wear masks?

Ginny Boos, director of infection prevention for Saint Luke’s Health System, talked with The Star about the general population wearing a mask.
KC residents take to balconies to applaud health care workers
Mar. 29, 2020

Kansas City Star: KC residents take to balconies to applaud health care workers

Residents of Oak Hall complex in Kansas City bang pots and played music Saturday night in support of health care workers amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
KMBC 9 News: Thank you @saintlukeskc enjoy your cookies @NKChospital
Mar. 26, 2020

KMBC: Hospitals Exchange Cookies in Support of One Another During COVID-19 Outbreak

Saint Luke's passed on the cookie kindness with thanks and gratitude to Advent Health's COVID team. Why? Because we are all in this together.
KCTV5 News: New Developments: Saint Luke's Sets up drive-thru testing - Blue Springs
Mar. 23, 2020

KCTV: Saint Luke's Sets Up Three Drive-Thru Testing Sites

Saint Luke’s Health System has three COVID-19 drive-thru testing sites up and running. The appointment-only drive-thru sites are available to Saint Luke’s patients and employees who have been referred by Saint Luke’s physicians.