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KSHB: Kansas City 5-Year-Old Finds Her Voice Through Play Therapy At Saint Luke's
After 5-year-old Hildie Platter was diagnosed with selective mutism a year and a half ago, her mother, Janette Platter, turned to The Children's SPOT (Speech, Physical, and Occupational Therapy) for rehabilitative speech services through play therapy.
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KCTV: Saint Luke's Offers Free Gun Locks To Promote Firearm Safety
Saint Luke's is taking action to help reduce gun-related injuries and deaths by handing out free gun safety locks at 22 convenient care and primary care locations.
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Kelly Overcomes Breast Cancer While Celebrating Key Life Milestones
Now, on the 14th anniversary of her diagnosis, Kelly, 43, is cancer free and grateful for the care she received at Saint Luke's East Hospital in Lee's Summit and Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City.
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KCTV: Breast Cancer Survivor Goes From Pregnancy Diagnosis to Over a Decade Cancer-Free
In 2011, Kelly McDaniel-Morales was 29 years old and seven months pregnant with her first daughter when she heard the words no expectant mother wants to hear: “You have cancer.”
What followed was a carefully orchestrated medical timeline that would forever change Kelly’s family.
KCTV talked with Kelly, her daughter Brooklyn, and Dr. Ruby Meierotto, breast radiologist at Saint Luke’s East Hospital, about her battle with breast cancer and journey to motherhood.
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Back in the Game: Rockhill Helps Student Athlete Overcome Broken Clavicle
Now starting his freshman year at Missouri Western University on a football scholarship, Jaylen Parks is grateful to Rockhill Orthopaedic Specialists for helping him get back on the field.
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Health News You Can Use: Car Seat and Hot Car Safety
More than one thousand children have died of heatstroke when left or trapped in a hot car over the past 25 years. Check out these tips on keeping your littlest passengers safe.
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Media Coverage: Experts Share Hot Car Safety Tips During Summer Peak
Historically, July has seen the highest number of preventable deaths caused by leaving children in hot cars. Here are steps caregivers can take to avoid these tragedies.
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Minimally Invasive, Major Relief: One Patient’s Experience with New Prostate Procedure
For 65-year-old Dale Wilkinson, prostate issues run in the family. Seeing his father and grandfather struggle over the years gave him the strength to pursue the relief they never got.
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KCUR: 5 Years of COVID: What One Kansas City Nurse Saw on the Front Lines of the Pandemic
Carrie Willis, a nurse of nearly 30 years, was on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a nurse manager at Saint Luke’s East Hospital in Lee’s Summit, she oversaw one of the hospital’s COVID units through early 2021.
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Lee's Summit Tribune: Saint Luke’s Maternity Hospitals Named To “U.S. News & World Report” 2025 Best Hospitals for Maternity Care
“U.S. News & World Report” has named Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Saint Luke’s East Hospital, and Saint Luke’s North Hospital–Barry Road as 2025 High Performing hospitals for Maternity Care.