November is Hospice and Palliative Care Month! Hospice offers you and your loved ones supportive care when a cure isn't possible. Palliative Care brings pain and symptom management earlier in the course of a serious illness. Both types of care provide solutions beyond the walls of the hospital.

In the fall of 1918, Hazen got an inadvertent and temporary hospital when its new school building was equipped with 24 beds and a staff of five Bismarck nurses to cope with the Spanish influenza epidemic. The facility closed shortly after. There was not even a temporary hospital when a sleeping sick ness (encephalitis) epidemic hit the community in the spring of 1923.

The Annual Meeting of the Hazen Memorial Hospital Association will be held on Thursday, October 27 at Hazen City Hall. Free blood pressure screenings will begin at 5:00 p.m. Supper will be served at 5:30 p.m., with the business meeting following at 6:00 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.

Sakakawea Medical Center and Coal Country Community Health Center are pleased to welcome Ann Ruffo, DO, to our team. Dr. Ruffo will primarily be serving patients at CCCHC Hazen. She will also be providing care in the emergency room at SMC.

The 17^th Annual SMC Foundation Charity Golf Classic was held June 18 with seventeen teams participating. The goal of this event is to assist SMC Foundation is securing funding needed to help SMC continue to provide quality healthcare close to home.

SMC will be observing the Independence Day holiday on Monday, July 4. All ancillary services will be closed for appointments. If you are in need of immediate care, please report to the emergency department.

The Sakakawea Medical Center Foundation Golf Tournament is scheduled for June 18. The goal of this event is to assist SMC Foundation is securing funding needed to help SMC continue to provide quality healthcare close to home.

The 2022 SMC Foundation Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, June 18, and the Hazen Golf Course. To register online, visit https://forms.office.com/r/gkYTytUqwC

Observed every year in April, National Donate Life Month helps raise awareness about donation, encourage Americans to register as organ, eye and tissue donors, and to honor those that have saved lives through the gift of donation.

Visitors will be screened by reception and are not required to wear a mask. No visiting if ill.