Central Peninsula Hospital

The announcements come on the heels of changes to the hospital’s operating agreement with the borough.

Richards says the community is currently served by private practices for skin conditions. But as the Kenai Peninsula continues to get older, he says there’s an uptick generally in demand for services across the board.

A roughly 13-hour power outage disrupted medical care for roughly 100 patients at Soldotna’s Central Peninsula Hospital on Friday.

Central Peninsula Hospital’s Community Health Needs Assessment survey is accepting responses through Sept. 26.

Juniors at Soldotna High School had the opportunity to learn the basics of career choices last week during what the organizer says was the school’s first-ever job shadow day. Students were placed alongside mentors in industries ranging from law enforcement to veterinary care.

The Nikiski Fire Service Area got a more than $300,000 state grant in 2021 to set the program up.

Central Peninsula Hospital held an educational fair Saturday to recognize cancer’s impact on the community. As part of the event, Central Emergency Services unveiled a shiny new fire truck, which is pink.

Central Peninsula Hospital will host a drive this week to register potential bone marrow and stem cell donors. The goal of the event is to find a match for a Soldotna leukemia patient in need of a stem cell donor.

Central Peninsula Hospital held an event honoring cancer survivors and people undergoing cancer treatment. The event featured a bone marrow match dive, a chance for people to register themselves in the National Marrow Donor Program.

The facility comes after the hospital’s community needs assessment, which determined that expanded mental wellness services were a top concern. The clinic is currently accepting new patients through a referral process.