Fort Hood: Darnall Patient Administration Hours Modified
Our Town Texas
FORT HOOD (October 4, 2013)--Patient Administration operating hours at Fort Hood’s Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center will be modified because of the federal government shutdown, which could mean delays in some routine requests.
“Patients can expect delays in routine medical documentation requests, medical record copies, and patient advocate representatives addressing concerns,” Fort Hood said in a statement Friday.
The hospital remains open for emergency and urgent care services, inpatient care and labor and delivery services, the post said.
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Saturday, October 5, 2013
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
More veterans seek treatment for sleep disorders
More veterans seek treatment for sleep disorders
Fort Hood Herald
Sarah Rafique
Herald staff writer
September 4, 2013
More chronically fatigued active-duty soldiers are getting treatment for sleep disorders at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center’s Sleep Center.
While deployment-related injuries that cause post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury can result in sleep disorders, specialists say a rise in the number of soldiers seeking treatment is attributed to increasing knowledge in a relatively new field of medicine.
Lt. Col. Karin Nicholson, chief of Sleep Services at Darnall, said the hospital’s Sleep Center has seen more than 6,000 patients since it opened its sleep lab in 2012.
More than 600 patients with sleep-related disorders had studies performed on them in the lab, Nicholson said. The full sleep treatment center provides comprehensive sleep evaluations for all sleep disorders, but the two most common disorders the center sees are for obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia.
Obstructive sleep apnea is an upper airway disorder that causes disrupted sleep, Nicholson said. “The soft tissue in the back of the throat is floppy and thickened and will block the airway during sleep.”
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Fort Hood Herald
Sarah Rafique
Herald staff writer
September 4, 2013
More chronically fatigued active-duty soldiers are getting treatment for sleep disorders at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center’s Sleep Center.
While deployment-related injuries that cause post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury can result in sleep disorders, specialists say a rise in the number of soldiers seeking treatment is attributed to increasing knowledge in a relatively new field of medicine.
Lt. Col. Karin Nicholson, chief of Sleep Services at Darnall, said the hospital’s Sleep Center has seen more than 6,000 patients since it opened its sleep lab in 2012.
More than 600 patients with sleep-related disorders had studies performed on them in the lab, Nicholson said. The full sleep treatment center provides comprehensive sleep evaluations for all sleep disorders, but the two most common disorders the center sees are for obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia.
Obstructive sleep apnea is an upper airway disorder that causes disrupted sleep, Nicholson said. “The soft tissue in the back of the throat is floppy and thickened and will block the airway during sleep.”
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Fort Hood: Female Soldier Found Dead In Her Barracks
Fort Hood: Female Soldier Found Dead In Her Barracks
FORT HOOD
September 26, 2012
Fort Hood officials have released the name of a female soldier who was found unresponsive in her barracks last Thursday.
Spc. Joselyntara Mafnas Sablan, 23, of Northern Mariana Islands, was transported to Carl R. Darnall Medical Center and was pronounced dead the same day, a Fort Hood spokesperson said.
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This is the one reported on yesterday
Fort Hood soldier pronounced dead at Darnall, Spc. Joel Chuca
FORT HOOD
September 26, 2012
Fort Hood officials have released the name of a female soldier who was found unresponsive in her barracks last Thursday.
Spc. Joselyntara Mafnas Sablan, 23, of Northern Mariana Islands, was transported to Carl R. Darnall Medical Center and was pronounced dead the same day, a Fort Hood spokesperson said.
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This is the one reported on yesterday
Fort Hood soldier pronounced dead at Darnall, Spc. Joel Chuca
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Fort Hood soldier pronounced dead at Darnall
Herald staff writer
Posted on September 26, 2012
by Rose L Thayer
Fort Hood officials released the name of a soldier who was found unresponsive in his Fort Hood residence on Thursday. He was transported to Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center and was pronounced dead that evening.
Spc. Joel Chuca, 24, of Longmont, Colo., entered the military in September 2009 as a motor transport operator. He was assigned to 418th Transportation Company, 180th Transportation Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command, since March.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Baby safe after snatching attempt at Fort Hood
Baby safe after snatching attempt at Fort Hood
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Jul 29, 2009 14:39:47 EDT
FORT HOOD, Texas — Army officials are investigating the attempted kidnapping of a baby from the hospital at Fort Hood.
Officials say a woman wearing hospital scrubs took a newborn from a Darnall Army Medical Center room Monday morning, setting off the hospital’s infant abduction warning alarm. Hospital officials say the infant never left the ward and all babies were accounted for.
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Baby safe after snatching attempt at Fort Hood
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Jul 29, 2009 14:39:47 EDT
FORT HOOD, Texas — Army officials are investigating the attempted kidnapping of a baby from the hospital at Fort Hood.
Officials say a woman wearing hospital scrubs took a newborn from a Darnall Army Medical Center room Monday morning, setting off the hospital’s infant abduction warning alarm. Hospital officials say the infant never left the ward and all babies were accounted for.
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Baby safe after snatching attempt at Fort Hood
Monday, May 18, 2009
Army and Navy short on doctors
Is there a doctor in the house?
by Bryan Kirk Killeen Writer
Published: May 18, 2009
FORT HOOD - Uncle Sam is looking for qualified physicians, dentists and nurses.
According to an Army Times article, the Army was 73 physicians short of its annual allotment, while the Navy was 86 doctors short.
That dilemma has been in the crosshairs at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center since 2007, and recruiters have been meeting that challenge head-on to ensure the hospital has quality health care providers.
“For the last couple of years we’ve been very aggressive here,” said Col. Casper Jones, who commands Darnall Hospital. “The question is, have we made up any ground and are we any better off, and I would say absolutely yes, we are better off.”
Two years ago, Darnall began its search for qualified health care providers, especially in the areas of prenatal and postnatal care.
“Let’s remember that Darnall Medical Center is No. 1 in the Department of Defense for birthing,” Jones said.
As a result of those efforts, Darnall is doing well.
Darnall has increased its medical staffing from 128 in 2007 to 170 in 2009, but there are still shortages.
Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch, who commands III Corps and Fort Hood, calls the recruiting approach employed by Darnall “aggressive marketing” and finding the right fit for the right specialty.
“The shortages that we have of medical professionals isn’t the money, it’s the doctors themselves,” Lynch said.
It’s no secret the greatest need on Fort Hood is in the mental health arena, as a growing number of soldiers are reporting symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury to their chain of command.
Right now, Darnall has 28 openings - 12 clinical psychologists, eight psychiatric nurse practitioners and eight social workers.
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Is there a doctor in the house
by Bryan Kirk Killeen Writer
Published: May 18, 2009
FORT HOOD - Uncle Sam is looking for qualified physicians, dentists and nurses.
According to an Army Times article, the Army was 73 physicians short of its annual allotment, while the Navy was 86 doctors short.
That dilemma has been in the crosshairs at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center since 2007, and recruiters have been meeting that challenge head-on to ensure the hospital has quality health care providers.
“For the last couple of years we’ve been very aggressive here,” said Col. Casper Jones, who commands Darnall Hospital. “The question is, have we made up any ground and are we any better off, and I would say absolutely yes, we are better off.”
Two years ago, Darnall began its search for qualified health care providers, especially in the areas of prenatal and postnatal care.
“Let’s remember that Darnall Medical Center is No. 1 in the Department of Defense for birthing,” Jones said.
As a result of those efforts, Darnall is doing well.
Darnall has increased its medical staffing from 128 in 2007 to 170 in 2009, but there are still shortages.
Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch, who commands III Corps and Fort Hood, calls the recruiting approach employed by Darnall “aggressive marketing” and finding the right fit for the right specialty.
“The shortages that we have of medical professionals isn’t the money, it’s the doctors themselves,” Lynch said.
It’s no secret the greatest need on Fort Hood is in the mental health arena, as a growing number of soldiers are reporting symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury to their chain of command.
Right now, Darnall has 28 openings - 12 clinical psychologists, eight psychiatric nurse practitioners and eight social workers.
go here for more
Is there a doctor in the house
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