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    Dr. Joe Llenos, right, poses for a photo in July in Homer, Alaska, with his wife Cindy, left, who also works in health care as a nurse. A board certified family medician physician, Dr. Llenos has joined the Homer Medical Clinic team. (Photo provided/South Peninsula Hospital)
    Doctors Martinez, Roberts join SPH hospitalist team
    By Michael Armstrong • August 24, 2022 2:30 am

    Change means SPH will have full-time hospitalist team.

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    South Peninsula Hospital Laboratory Director Laura Miller, second from left, and SPH Director of Marketing and Public Relations Derotha Ferraro, second from right, were honored by the Rotary Club of Homer-Kachemak Bay on Thursday, Feb. 17, at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska, for their contributions to the health of southern Kenai Peninsula communities. Presenting the awards were Bernie Griffard, club president, far right, and Van Hawkins, co-chair of the annual Rotary Health Fair. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Rotary honors SPH’s Laura Miller, Derotha Ferraro
    By Michael Armstrong • February 23, 2022 2:30 am

    Hospital employees honored for work during COVID-19 pandemic.

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    The logo for South Peninsula Hospital.
    Hospital board elects officers, welcomes new member to...
    By Staff Report Homer News • February 16, 2022 2:30 am

    The South Peninsula Hospital Board of Directors re-elected Kelly Cooper as President at the board’s Jan. 26 monthly meeting. According…

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    Volunteers distibute a meal to attendees at Project Homeless Connect on Jan. 29, 2020 at Homer United Methodist Church in Homer, Alaska. The event is a one-day opportunity for the homeless to get access to necessary supplies and services. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Project Homeless Connect Homer offers free resouces Jan....
    By Sarah Knapp • January 20, 2022 1:30 am

    A free resources event has been planned for people experiencing homelessness at two southern peninsula locations.

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    At left Bonita Banks, RN, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) nurse at Homer Medical Center, and at right, Annie Garay, RN, Community Health Educator, pose for a photo at South Peninsula Hospital on Sept. 27, 2021, at Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Derotha Ferraro/South Peninsula Hospital)
    New hospital community health educator starts
    By Michael Armstrong • October 13, 2021 2:30 am

    Garay, a Homer raised nurse, came home to ride out COVID-19, wound up doing pandemic nursing.

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    Long Term Care staff celebrate receiving the five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Feb. 19, 2021, at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska. From left to right are Cathy Myers, Director of Nursing; Bella the dog, Nanet Minke, Certified Nursing Assistant; Nicole McKinney,CNA; Bonnie Betley, Registered Nurse; Susan Hubbard, CNA, Ana Jones, CNA; Leone Morra RN; and Melissa Dunkle CNA, in the front kneeling. (Photo courtesy South Peninsula Hospital)
    Hospital’s Long Term Care home gets 5-star rating
    By Michael Armstrong • March 24, 2021 2:30 am

    The Centers for Medicare &Medicaid Services recently granted a Five-Star rating in its Care Compare quality program to South Peninsula…

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    Peter Zuyus receives his first dose of the Moderna vaccine Friday, Jan. 15, 2021 at a large-scale clinic put on by South Peninsula Hospital and the City of Homer at Christian Community Church in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    715 seniors get Moderna vaccine in Homer
    By Megan Pacer • January 20, 2021 2:30 am

    Clinic put on by local hospital, city, public health and others

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    Workers on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, moved a new CT scanner into its new location at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska. The scanner is now located close to the Emergency Department, which will shorten the time needed, for example, to get accident victims to the machine to help determine the extent of their injuries. (Photo by Brent Lautenschlager / South Peninsula Hospital)
    New CT machine installed in room closer to...
    By Lori Evans For the Homer News • January 6, 2021 2:30 am

    Hospital’s new CT machine features murals to make patient experience more comfortable.

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    Family practice physician Christina Tuomi, D.O., (right) gets Homer's first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine from Emergency Department nurse Steve Hughes (left) on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska. Tuomi has been the hospital's medical lead throughout the pandemic. (Photo courtesy Derotha Ferraro/South Peninsula Hospital)
    First health care worker, long-term care resident get...
    By Megan Pacer • December 17, 2020 2:30 am

    South Peninsula Hospital started offering vaccines to residents and front-line staff on Thursday

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    Bob Letson, former CEO of South Peninsula Hospital. (Homer News file photo)
    Former South Peninsula Hospital CEO dies of COVID-19
    By Megan Pacer • November 18, 2020 2:30 am

    Bob Letson led several expansions, improvements in nearly 10 years in Homer

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    Registered Nurse Annie Garay puts the finishing touches on South Peninsula Hospital's new COVID-19 testing site, located at the lower level of the hospital's specialty clinic at 4201 Bartlett Street, on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. It's a self-swab site where people register at one window, and collect a swab kit from a nurse at another window. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    3 new COVID-19 cases on Kenai Peninsula
    By Megan Pacer • October 7, 2020 2:30 am

    South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing has moved

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    Signs on Saturday, March 28, 2020, at the main entrance to South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska, warn visitors not to enter until they have been met by hospital staff. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    1 new COVID-19 case in Homer
    By Megan Pacer • September 30, 2020 2:30 am

    Hospital to move testing location, further relax visitation rules

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    6 South Peninsula Hospital staff test positive for COVID-19
    6 South Peninsula Hospital staff test positive for...
    By Michael Armstrong • June 17, 2020 5:30 am

    Six staff members at South Peninsula Hospital have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past three weeks, according to hospital…

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