Category: News

  • AC Phlebotomy Students On Hand For Hudson Health Fair

    AC Phlebotomy Students On Hand For Hudson Health Fair

    Students from Angelina College’s Phlebotomy program will be on-hand for the Hudson Health Fair scheduled for 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1 at Hornet Gymnasium in Hudson. The students will perform checks for blood pressure and glucose levels while also giving flu shots. There will be door prizes available for those in attendance. AC’s Phlebotomy…

  • CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Earns Awards for Treating Heart Attack Patients

    CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Earns Awards for Treating Heart Attack Patients

    CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial is committed to consistent, effective treatment of those suffering from heart attack symptoms in order to save lives and provide enhanced outcomes. As one of only 91 hospitals nationwide, CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial has received the prestigious American College of Cardiology’s NCDR ACTION Registry–Get With The Guidelines Silver Performance…

  • New Toll-Free Number Helps Older Texans and People With Disabilities

    New Toll-Free Number Helps Older Texans and People With Disabilities

     Texas The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) has launched a toll-free number to help qualifying Texans connect with long-term care services. The telephone number is 1-855-937-2372. It has been set up to help older adults (60 and up) who currently receive Medicaid and/or Medicare, people of all ages with disabilities, and caregivers.…

  • CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial and Temple Cancer Center Host 23rd Annual Power of Pink!

    CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial and Temple Cancer Center Host 23rd Annual Power of Pink!

    LUFKIN, TEXAS (July 31, 2015)… The inside of the Lufkin Pitser Garrison Convention Center will be overflowing with pink on Thursday, October 15 for the 23nd Annual Power of Pink! Luncheon, hosted by CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Lufkin and the Temple Cancer Center. Individual tickets are $25 and reserved tables (seats 10) are $300. …

  • Video Documentary of Local Breast Cancer Survivor Receives National Recognition

    Video Documentary of Local Breast Cancer Survivor Receives National Recognition

    LUFKIN, TEXAS (August 3, 2015)… A local breast cancer survivor and her journey to recovery is the subject of a nationally recognized video production.  The video, “The Sun is Rising,” was produced and created locally for last year’s Power of Pink Luncheon sponsored by CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial.  That video is now recognized by…

  • Memorial Clinics Welcomes New Nurse Practitioner To Temple Cancer Center

    Memorial Clinics Welcomes New Nurse Practitioner To Temple Cancer Center

    CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Clinics, a division of CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial, welcomes Kimberly Burnett, FNP-BC, to the Lufkin Care Team. Ms. Burnett, a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner, joins the staff at the Temple Cancer Center. Ms. Burnett works alongside Temple Cancer Center Medical Director Sid Roberts, MD, FACR assisting in the…

  • CHI St. Luke’s Announces Four Retiring Board Members

    CHI St. Luke’s Announces Four Retiring Board Members

    A quality organization is marked by its leadership – men and women, who create, envision, motivate and inspire. For many years, CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial has operated under the skillful guidance of four such leaders who today announced their retirement from the Board of Directors. Ray Baldwin, Dr. Patricia McKenzie, Dr. Sid Roberts, and…

  • Medicare: 50 Years and Counting

    Medicare: 50 Years and Counting

    On November 19, 1945, seven months into his presidency, President Harry S. Truman sent a message to Congress, calling for creation of a national health insurance fund, open to all Americans. Truman fought to get a bill passed during his term but was unsuccessful. President John F. Kennedy also made an unsuccessful push for a national health…

  • Texas Urged to take Precautions against Hantavirus

    Texas Urged to take Precautions against Hantavirus

    Texas health officials confirmed the state’s first case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome this year in a resident of the Texas Panhandle. The Texas Department of State Health Services reminds people to protect themselves from the virus that causes HPS. Although the person recovered from the infection, HPS is often severe and sometimes fatal. Hantavirus is…

  • CHI St. Luke’s Offers New Radiation Therapy

    CHI St. Luke’s Offers New Radiation Therapy

    CHI St. Luke’s Memorial Health Systems is bringing state-of-the-art cancer treatment technology closer to home for residents in the East Texas area. The $4.5 million Elekta Synergy linear accelerator will allow doctors to offer patients quicker treatments, often as short as five minutes. The radiation therapy offered by the system also means fewer side effects,…