Whitney Barnes

Whitney Barnes

Haug joins Missouri Hospital Association board of trustees

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Darin L. Haug, D.O., FACOI, FACOP, Chief Medical Officer and Emergency Department Physician at Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall, Mo., was elected to serve as the physician representative on the Missouri Hospital Association Board of Trustees. His one-year term began Jan. 1.

Winter weather increases fall risk

With the official arrival of winter also comes the unfortunate possibility of falls on slick, ice-covered surfaces. Such falls can cause costly injury to bones and joints and far-reaching impact as family and work responsibilities are often challenged during recovery. According to the Centers for Disease Control, one out of five falls results in a serious injury, such as a broken bone or head injury. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 20,460 workplace injuries in 2017 (the last year of statistics available) involved ice, sleet or snow. And according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services in 2023, Missourians fall injuries are 31 percent higher than the national average. And slips and falls are now the No. 1 cause of death for those aged 65 and older.

SFCC to close for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Sedalia – All State Fair Community College campus locations (Sedalia, Boonville, Clinton, Eldon, Jefferson City, Lake of the Ozarks, Lincoln, Warsaw, and Whiteman Air Force Base) will close Jan. 20 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Campus Store, located inside Yeater Learning Center, Room 150 on the Sedalia campus will open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Jan. 20.