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Electrophysiology lab opens at Mercy Health - St. Rita’s Medical Center

Mercy Health – St. Rita’s Medical Center has added a new tool to expand the treatment of heart disease with the opening of a new Electrophysiology Lab.

Mercy Health – St. Rita’s Medical Center was the first area hospital to perform minimally invasive transaortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures in 2018.

With the addition of the new lab – dedicated primarily to electrophysiology (EP) procedures – St. Rita’s team providers have the ability to perform EP procedures five days a week.

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BVHS Partners to construct new senior development

Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) will be working in conjunction with Pennrose Holdings, LLC, to construct EasternWoods Senior, a 50-unit residential development. The future site of the expansion will be located at 0 Birchaven Lane, Findlay.

EasternWoods Senior will be a 51,000 square foot building, containing independent living, accessible housing units for seniors age 55 and older. The development will sit adjacent to the existing Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) on the campus of Birchaven Village.

Weekend doctor: Rotator cuff tears

By Stanislaw Dajczak, MD
Blanchard Valley Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
A rotator cuff is a group of four muscles that help move the shoulder. These muscles are deep and attach at the upper part of the arm. Deep muscles attach to the bones around the ball-and-socket joint by a thick, non-elastic tissue called a tendon. These tendons can tear by an acute injury or degeneration over time and can occur in any of the four tendons. Rotator cuff arthropathy is defined as arthritis as the result of tearing these rotator cuff tendons.

Let's talk Bluffton for a moment

The good, the bad, the hopes, the threats

By Fred Steiner 
An opinion

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AEDG: "We are always looking to advance the private sector in the county"

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Dave Stratton, Bluffton resident and partner in a Main Street business here, has an economic development viewpoint that covers the entire county. 

As director and CEO of Allen Economic Development Group, he told Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce members on Friday morning that he sees lots of possibilities for the county.

“We are not just for Lima. We cover Bluffton, Delphos, and the Spencerville communities,” he said about AEDG’s outreach.

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The topic is Bluffton

Dave Stratton (left), president and CEO of Allen Economic Development Group, talks with Rich Johnson, Bluffton mayor, and Jesse Blackburn, village administrator.  Stratton was guest speaker at Friday's Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast.

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