Patient Story: Regular Checkups Can Help Prevent Cancer
Mar 22, 2024
For one woman, a simple routine checkup made all the difference in preventing an otherwise-undetected cancer from spreading.
Mar 22, 2024
For one woman, a simple routine checkup made all the difference in preventing an otherwise-undetected cancer from spreading.
Nov 06, 2023
While Kurt Waldbillig only started his position at Sakakawea Medical Center and Coal Country Community Health Center a month ago, he's a familiar face to some of veteran staff, providers and community members.
Sep 08, 2023
Amanda Boyer, RN, has been recognized as Sakakawea Medical Center's most recent DAISY Award recipient. The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses is an award that recognizes nurses for the amazing efforts they perform every day. Nurses are nominated for this award by patients, their families, or coworkers.
Jul 03, 2023
The 18th Annual SMC Foundation Charity Golf Classic was held on Saturday, June 17. 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.
Jun 09, 2023
We are pleased to welcome Kaytlyn Heick, PT, DPT, to our Rehabilitation Team. Kaytlyn began practicing at SMC in May.
May 17, 2023
The Sakakawea Medical Center Foundation Golf Tournament is scheduled for June 17. 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.
Mar 06, 2023
Cancer is something that can catch a person completely off guard. But, when it comes to colon and colorectal cancer, a colonoscopy can help detect and prevent cancer before it really begins. For one Mercer County resident, a recent experience demonstrates both the risk of waiting and the relief of acting on the opportunity for getting that colonoscopy.
Feb 10, 2023
In partnership with Coal Country Community Health Center and Knife River Care Center, we offer an onsite practical nursing program through Bismarck State College. The program allows individuals in surrounding communities to pursue a nursing career through non?traditional means and eliminates the need to travel to do so.
Jan 24, 2023
Sakakawea Medical Center Foundation is participating in Giving Hearts Day to raise money that will allow SMC to continue to meet current and future healthcare needs in our area.
Nov 01, 2022
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.