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• December 17, 2024 Top national ranking: Baptist Health Paducah excels in open heart surgery care

  Baptist Health Paducah has been ranked sixth in the nation for the lowest rates of unplanned readmission after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

• December 16, 2024 Baptist Health Paducah staff donates blood to close centennial service

  The hospital partnered with the Kentucky Blood Center to provide these blood drives to the community. This time of year, blood donations are especially needed due to the busy holiday season.

• December 11, 2024 Baptist Health Floyd earns High Performing rating for Maternity Care from US News & World Report

  Baptist Health Floyd has earned a High Performing rating, the highest possible, in US News & World Report 2025 Best Hospitals for Maternity Care.

• December 03, 2024 Central Pharmacy Services Center earns URAC accreditation in Specialty Pharmacy

  Baptist Health’s Central Pharmacy Services Center has earned full URAC designation to facilitate prescription fulfillment of specialty medications throughout the system.

• December 02, 2024 Baptist Health Medical Group welcomes Janine Kruger, MD, FACOG

  Dr. Kruger provides care for women’s health needs, including annual wellness visits, family planning and contraception counseling, reproductive system disorders, and treatment for conditions related to menstruation or menopause.

• December 02, 2024 Baptist Health Paducah offers minimally invasive robotic-assisted lung biopsies with ION technology

  The ION uses an ultra-thin, 3.5 mm flexible catheter, that drives robotically anywhere in the lung and uses a "GPS" navigational system.

• November 25, 2024 Urologist, Mohammad J. Iqbal, MD, to retire after 50 years

  Mohammad J. Iqbal, MD, Baptist Health Medical Group Urology, will retire on Dec. 31.

• November 20, 2024 Baptist Health helps fend off flu

  More than 350 people got their annual shot to fend off the flu at October events organized by Baptist Health hospitals and physician practices.

• November 20, 2024 Baptist Health raised behavioral health awareness through chalk, walk, taking stock

  More than 24 events were hosted, attracting more than 4,700 participants.

• November 20, 2024 Baptist Health spruces up sites as part of 100 Days of Service

  More than 300 Baptist Health volunteers made cleanup look like a walk in the park in July as they picked up 258 bags of trash and spent 852 hours sprucing up their communities.