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• December 24, 2024 Baptist Health Paducah recognized for innovative cardiopulmonary resuscitation protocols

  Baptist Health Paducah has been honored as a recipient of the 2024 Lighthouse Awards & Grants Program, presented by American Excess Insurance.

• December 23, 2024 Baptist Health Hardin celebrates upgrades with ribbon cutting at Brandenburg diagnostic center

  Baptist Health Hardin held a ribbon cutting today to celebrate recent upgrades which have taken place at Baptist Health Diagnostic Center in Brandenburg

• December 23, 2024 Baptist Health Hardin achieves pediatric readiness certification for emergency care

  Baptist Health Hardin is proud to announce that its emergency department has been named a Pediatric Ready Emergency Department by the Kentucky Emergency Medical Services for Children Program and the Kentucky Emergency Care Coalition.

• 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.