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  • Leap Day birthdays: MultiCare welcomes 19 babies born on Feb. 29

    Posted on Mar 1, 2012

    For the 19 babies born at MultiCare hospitals yesterday, Feb. 29 always will be a special day -- even if it means their "first" birthday technically will be four years from now. But we're sure these Leap Day newborns and their families will celebrate more often that that.

  • Surgeon gives young patient a hands-on lesson with da Vinci robot

    Posted on Feb 13, 2012

    A young hospital patient who dreams of becoming a doctor received a hands-on lesson in robotic-assisted surgery at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital. The News Tribune was here to cover the visit: "Puyallup teen goes from gown to scrubs and robots."

  • MultiCare's mobile (and personal) approach to mental health care

    Posted on Jan 26, 2012

    Tim Holmes, Vice President of Outreach Services for MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital, visited "New Day Northwest" on KING 5 TV to talk about how the hospital's innovative mobile outreach program is reaching  people with mental illness who don't seek regular medical treatment. 

  • Chamber recognizes Good Samaritan Hospital for innovation

    Posted on Jan 26, 2012

    The Puyallup/Sumner Chamber presented the 2012 Business Innovations award to MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital for the new family medicine residency training program at East Pierce Family Medicine.

  • Lakewood Clinic Hours Unaffected By Car Crash

    Posted on Jan 2, 2012

    A car smashed into the MultiCare Lakewood clinic on Saturday night, causing serious damage to the clinic's urgent care waiting room. However, business hours and services are unaffected by the incident.

  • 4-year-old battling leukemia plays Santa for kids at Mary Bridge

    Posted on Dec 29, 2011

    VIDEO: Mary Bridge Children's Hospital was filled with Christmas spirit on Friday night, all thanks to one little girl, a four-year-old who is quite familiar with the hospital. Her only wish was to play Santa's helper and give gifts to children who won't make it home for the holidays. 

  • Heart test that saved baby in Tacoma recommended for all newborns

    Posted on Dec 21, 2011

    A baby's heart defect was detected thanks to a painless test offered to newborns at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital. "I feel very lucky that we decided to do the test. I feel very lucky that we were at Tacoma General," the boy's mother told KING 5 TV. "I think the stars aligned. Somebody was looking out for us, for him, and it essentially saved his life."

  • Smile Factory modifies toys, other devices to fit special needs

    Posted on Dec 19, 2011

    A modified rocking horse is just one example of the hundreds of modified toys and other everyday items produced by the Smile Factory each year, part of the Assistive Technology Program at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital's Children's Therapy Unit.

  • 'The girl who lived is the girl who gives'

    Posted on Nov 30, 2011

    "Blitzed by glitz at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Festival of Trees Designer Day, you might not have noticed Cameron Wyman. Tall, slim and quiet, the 12-year-old Gig Harbor girl was on task Tuesday as a member of her mom's tree-design team. ... Cameron was the artists' apprentice, and their inspiration. She is the girl who lived."-- By Kathleen Merryman in The News Tribune

  • 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. 

  • All decked out for a good cause

    Posted on Nov 30, 2011

    KOMO 4 TV reported Wednesday that the 25th annual Mary Bridge Festival of Trees is under way at the Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center. More than 70 decorated trees are on display through Sunday.

  • Help fulfill 4-year-old's wish to bring Christmas to Mary Bridge

    Posted on Nov 28, 2011

    Some special friends have teamed up to help 4-year-old Iley Puloka fulfill her wish to bring Christmas to children at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma, where Iley spent last Christmas.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.