By Kris Leonhardt Editor-in-chief GREEN BAY – The Green Bay Packers and Bellin Health teamed up on Wednesday, Aug. 23, to host a walk-in hands-only CPR training event. “Following the sudden cardiac arrest suffered by Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills earlier this year, the Packers and Bellin Health have taken steps to provide life-saving …
By Kris Leonhardt Editor-in-chief GREEN BAY – Bellin Health and the Green Bay Packers teamed up for safety, during the annual “Bike Rodeo” event, held July 27 in the Ray Nitschke Field parking lot to coincide with the Packers’ training camp. The event featured free bike helmet fittings and a helmet giveaway, to ensure that …
Bellin Health Sports Medicine helps prepare for emergency scenarios By Kaity Coisman Contributing Writer GREEN BAY – Bellin Health Sports Medicine is expanding its emergency training repertoire with the help of Sports Medicine Concepts (SMC) — an organization that works closely with the NFL, NHL and MLB. On June 28, professionals from different disciplines, experience …
By Melanie RossiContributing WriterGREEN BAY – Project SEARCH, a program designed to help young adults with disabilities prepare for and enter the workforce, recently hosted two graduation ceremonies for nine interns in the Green Bay area.On Tuesday, May 30, five interns — Ashley Hollrith, Ashley Phillips, Hannah Platkowksi, Fabian Smith and Grace Weyenberg — graduated …
By Kris LeonhardtEditorGREEN BAY — Bellin Health and Gundersen Health System recently announced that the two health systems will become one on Dec. 1. The two organizations have been in negotiations for nearly six months regarding the possible merger, which they say will result in improvements. “The merger allows the health systems to offer access …
GREEN BAY – Bellin Health unveiled a plaque which will hang outside the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit, honoring the late Mary Jane Bublitz. Bublitz, who died in August of 2021, volunteered more than 10,000 hours at Bellin over more than 30 years as a member of Bellin’s Concerned Hearts Club. The Concerned Hearts Club serves …
Steineke announces resignation from assemblyWISCONSIN – Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke (R-Kaukauna) announced Monday, July 11, that he will resign from the state Assembly effective at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 27. The announcement follows his January announcement that he would not be seeking another term in office. “After announcing in January that I would …
Bellin, Gundersen merger announced GREEN BAY – Bellin Health (headquartered in Green Bay) and Gundersen Health System (headquartered in La Crosse) announced they are deep into discussions of a planned merger, with a final agreement expected in the coming weeks, followed by required regulatory review. Officials from both networks said the planned merger would provide …
GREEN BAY – The Green Bay Packers and Bellin Health announced they have again partnered to bring fans a series of Back to Football events to kick off training camp. One such event, the 13th annual 5K Run/Walk at Lambeau Field, is Saturday, July 16, at 8 a.m. The computer-timed run is highlighted by a neighborhood route …
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BY PRESS TIMES STAFF GREEN BAY – A 20-person team from the U.S. Navy is being deployed to Bellin Hospital to support health care workers treat COVID-19 patients. According to a press release from U.S. Army North (Fifth Army), the deployment comes at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). “Since COVID began, …
