Podcasts & RSS Feeds

Barnes-Jewish HospitalRSS
All ContentRSS
View all podcasts & RSS feeds

Tagged: Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Pages

Kingshighway flood
6:12 pm
Wed July 4, 2012

Busted water main by Barnes-Jewish Hospital blocks roads, affects hospital power

Credit Joseph Leahy/St. Louis Public Radio
Share
E-mail
Comments
By

Updated 11:29 a.m. July 5:

A Barnes-Jewish Hospital release says that no surgeries were canceled today, even though power is still intermittent to Queeny Tower. Full power to the building is anticipated to return today.

Most of the patients who were moved to other areas of the hospital are also expected to return to their original rooms Friday. 

Original story:

Read more
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
5:31 pm
Thu March 8, 2012

Barnes-Jewish Hospital to open new outpatient center

Next imagePrevious image
Credit (Timothy Mudrovic/BJC HealthCare)
The new outpatient center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
Credit (Veronique LaCapra/St. Louis Public Radio)
Dr. Melvin Blanchard speaks at the dedication ceremony of the new outpatient center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis on March 8.
Share
E-mail
Comments
By

Barnes-Jewish Hospital will open its new outpatient center on Monday.

The 12-story building at the corner of Forest Park Avenue and Euclid will bring together five existing outpatient clinics under one roof. Those include a primary care clinic, along with OB/GYN, psychiatric, surgical, and specialty clinics.

Dr. Melvin Blanchard directs the internal medicine residency program at Barnes.

Speaking at a dedication ceremony for the new center, Blanchard said Barnes' existing clinics provide care to the underinsured and underserved.

Read more
Heart Surgery / Barnes-Jewish
3:53 pm
Thu November 3, 2011

Barnes-Jewish involved in pioneering heart valve replacement procedure

Credit (via Wikimedia Commons)
The new procedure – called transcatheter aortic valve replacement – involves replacing the aortic valve which connects the left ventricle (B) to the aorta (A). You can see a video of this in the story below.
Share
E-mail
Comments
By

The FDA has approved the first heart valve replacement procedure that does not involve open heart surgery.

Instead of opening the patient's chest, the doctor inserts the new heart valve by threading a catheter through a vein in the patient's leg. Here's a video of how that works :

Read more

Pages