The Mille Lacs Health System COVID-19 Taskforce meets daily, and these updates are current as of 3/16/2020. As of that date, there were no cases of COVID-19 in our area. Kim Kucera, MLHS COO, said, “We at MLHS are following the CDC and MDH guidelines and we have measures put in place to protect…
MLHS preparing for COVID-19 by Mary Rains Mille Lacs Health System “We have to be prepared that someone could walk in here tomorrow and need care. We need to be ready for that,” said Dr. Thomas Bracken, Infection Prevention Medical Director for Mille Lacs Health System. Bracken started…
About the Coronavirus by Vicki Engmark, MLHS Infection Preventionist The Coronavirus was first identified in the 1960s. The virus infects animals more than humans. The most common Coronaviruses cause mild to moderate illness in humans similar to a common cold. There are three variations of the…
by Mary Rains, Mille Lacs Health System. Mille Lacs Health System in Onamia has been named one of America’s Best Hospitals for Emergency Care by the Women’s Choice Award®, America’s trusted referral source for the best in healthcare. The award signifies that MLHS is in the top 8%…
by Lori Stenvold, Mille Lacs Health System. Mille Lacs Health System is asking visitors who are the least bit ill with any type of cough, fever or cold symptom to stay home and not visit patients and residents at both the Acute Care hospital and Long Term Care units, and at Lake Song Assisted…
