Labette Well being is opening a major care clinic in Pittsburg this spring or early summer season at 2309 S. Tucker Terrace.
Stephanie Wagner, a nurse practitioner in Pittsburg, will see sufferers on the clinic. She has 12 years of expertise.
“I’m actually, actually excited that we’re going to Pittsburg. We’re going to open a clinic in Pittsburg,” Labette Well being President/CEO Brian Williams mentioned. “Actually excited that Stephanie Wagner is becoming a member of our group. So she’ll be our first supplier as we start to construct major care presence in Pittsburg.”
Specialists additionally will rotate out of the workplace there, Williams mentioned.
He mentioned it is a constructive influence in linking Parsons and Pittsburg with each other to supply native care to residents.
“It’s going to be good for Southeast Kansas to attempt to deliver Parsons and Pittsburg nearer collectively, like we did with Independence. It received’t be the identical goals in Pittsburg that we face in Independence,” Williams mentioned.
“We’re going to construct constructive relationships in Pittsburg,” he added. “And gotten a whole lot of good suggestions.”
Williams made the official announcement in regards to the clinic at Thursday morning’s Labette Well being Board of Trustees assembly. The trustees accredited Wagner’s contract throughout the assembly.
The trustees additionally accredited two contracts for nurse practitioners Ben Smith and Stacey Kale, DNP, to work on the emergency room in Independence.
They hail from the Allen County/Anderson County space, each with a number of years of expertise underneath their belts in emergency departments there.
Additionally throughout the assembly, the board entered into two government periods — each on the subject of session with the lawyer. The trustees didn’t take any motion following both session.
Dr. Ben Legler didn’t have a chief of workers report throughout Thursday’s assembly.