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• You still have time to get your flu shot

  Posted on Dec 6, 2011
  

  Have you gotten your flu shot this year? If not, you should. We know people have a lot of excuses. They all sound like feeble reasons when you are curled up in bed under five blankets unable to swallow, or when you or a loved one is in the hospital having trouble breathing.

• AMR gives ambulance to Good Samaritan Medical Explorers Post 905

  Posted on Nov 30, 2011
  

  MultiCare Good Samaritan Medical Explorers Post 905 received a donated ambulance from American Medical Response air medical division CEO Randy Strozyck, who himself was a medical explorer with Post 905 from 1972 until 1975. 

• Bonney Lake Medical Building celebrates grand opening

  Posted on Oct 11, 2011
  

  Community members celebrated the grand opening of the Bonney Lake Medical Building with a community open house Oct. 1.

• Outdoorsman back on the trail after innovative heart procedure

  Posted on Sep 27, 2011
  

  Five months after undergoing an innovative heart procedure at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital, a Puyallup man has regained the active lifestyle he thought he had lost forever. Now he hopes to build enough strength to someday summit Mount Rainier - a lifelong dream for the 61-year-old who grew up in the mountain's shadow.

• Garden opens at Good Samaritan to honor community's support

  Posted on Sep 8, 2011
  

  A new Community Garden opened on the MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital campus in Puyallup. This garden is dedicated to our community who has supported the mission and vision of MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital for many decades.

• Good Morning America films boy's rehabilitation at Good Samaritan

  Posted on Sep 2, 2011
  

  A "Good Morning America" crew visited MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital this week to follow the rehabilitation of 12-year-old Dale Ostrander, who was rescued after spending more than 15 minutes underwater. The segment will air Tuesday morning. 

• Boy's mother: 'He was dead, and now he's not'

  Posted on Aug 27, 2011
  

  Dale Ostrander, 12, of Spanaway, who nearly drowned in the ocean near Long Beach, is going through rehabilitation at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup.

• East Pierce Family Medicine opens, gains accreditation

  Posted on Aug 25, 2011
  

  MultiCare Health System's newest clinic is now accepting patients, and will soon be recruiting physicians who have recently completed their degrees for a new Family Medicine residency training program.

• MultiCare mobile unit vaccinates area youths

  Posted on Aug 22, 2011
  

  It's summer time and of course, school is just around the corner. Families are likely out shopping for back-to-school clothes but what they may be putting off are those all important vaccination shots.

• Free vaccines offered for children, caregivers of infants

  Posted on Aug 10, 2011
  

  Whooping cough (pertussis) is on the rise in Pierce County, so it's a good time to take advantage of free vaccinations for children and teens, and for anyone caring for infants younger than 1.

• Mentally ill offered a healing hand

  Posted on Jun 29, 2011
  

  One solution to the state's struggle to care for its physically sick and mentally ill sits on six wheels in a Puyallup parking lot. The mobile unit is a joint effort between MultiCare Health System and OptumHealth Pierce Regional Support Network

• MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital unveils Dally Tower

  Posted on Jun 21, 2011
  

  A celebration to honor Ray and Deanna Dally's generous support of MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital culminated Tuesday with the unveiling of the name ...

• Celebration of Our Stars: A stage to let their skills shine

  Posted on Apr 18, 2011
  

  The fifth annual Celebration of Our Stars, held Saturday at Emerald Ridge High School on South Hill, featured the talents of more than 70 special-needs children, including clients at the Children's Therapy Unit at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital.
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