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Your
Punishment
for not being involved is
being ruled by those who are.
-Author Unknown
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Health
Hospitals
St. Mary’s Hospital of Blue Springs provides state-of-the-art care
to Blue Springs residents and our neighbors.
The hospital is home to a renowned Birthing Center. The Birthing
Center offers a full range of birth and family enrichment programs
for all members of the family. These classes include newborn infant
care, breast-feeding and childbirth education. There is even a
special class for big brothers and sisters. St. Mary's Hospital of
Blue Springs offers a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation program.
It assists patients in both educational counseling in the reduction
of risk factors and stress management as well as physical
conditioning. In addition to Emergency Services and
Inpatient/Outpatient Surgery, St. Mary’s Sleep Clinic features a
stat-of-the-art sleep lab.
An important missing link from the impressive list of features at
St. Mary’s is its designation as a trauma center. In fact, there is
no trauma center in Eastern Jackson County. This is due primarily to
malpractice insurance rates and the inability of hospitals to keep
the required specialty physicians either on site or on call as
required of a trauma center. What this means to us as citizens is
that precious minutes are lost whenever one of us is involved in a
traumatic accident. Whether we live or die is often determine by the
care we receive within the first 60 minutes of trauma. When dozens
of minutes must be spent transporting by ambulance or retrieving a
life flight, lives hang in the balance. We must emphasize the need
to review malpractice insurance with our state and federal
representatives.
Other Health Entities
A recent addition to the Blue Springs health landscape is WellLink.
WellLink’s mission is to help Blue Springs residents live a healthy
and fulfilling life. It serves as a liaison between citizens and a
wide variety of traditional and nontraditional wellness services.
WellLink recently launched Dental for Kids, which is a new program
that provides necessary dental care to Blue Springs area children
whose parents cannot afford to pay for treatment and do not have
dental insurance.
We are fortunate to have good health care providers and community
members who look to assist in health care for those who cannot
afford it.
Access to health care is vital in the balance of quality of life.
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