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Trump powers GRMC urgent care clinic opened Monday toward GOP prize after outbreak of dissent
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From left, Dr. Matthew Epp, MD and director of emergency medicine, and Abigail Clarkson, Liz Hensley and Tessa Sandel, nurse practitioners, pose for a photo in the urgent care clinic before an open house Monday at Greater Regional Medical Center. The urgent care clinic was officially open Monday and healthcare providers will now see patients with urgent medical issues, such as infections, minor lacerations or migraines.
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For anyone with an urgent medical issue, Greater Regional Medical Center (GRMC) now offers urgent care services throughout the week. After an open house for the public 9 a.m. Monday, the clinic is now open to patients. The clinic entrance is located at the south entrance of the medical plaza at the hospital, 1700 W. Townline St, and is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday,and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. “We’re very excited for urgent care to start. It’s going to be a major asset for the community and surrounding southwest Iowa, and it’ll be a huge benefit for today and many years to come,” said Dr. Matthew Epp, MD and director of emergency medi-
Urgent care is defined as maladies such as ear infections, animal bites, sore throats and colds or migraines and when a person’s primary physician is unavailable. “It’s for anything that you’re thinking, ‘I don’t really need to go to the ER, but, I really need to be seen today,’” said Tessa Sandel, nurse practitioner. “It’s going to be a more convenient way for those lower acuity, not so emergent illnesses and injuries to come in here,” said Mary Gross, emergency room and urgent care clinic director. “It will be a much more appropriate, much more convenient and less expensive way for patients to get care.” The family care clinic is open until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, so the urgent care clinic is a way to get care after hours, such as a parent who comes home in the eve-
ning after a work day to a sick child, or someone with an acute infection. The urgent care clinic will also have shorter hours during minor holidays such as Labor Day or Memorial Day. It is best to see a primary-care physician for things such as routine checkups and current medical conditions, and to visit the emergency room for issues like severe bleeding, difficulty breathing or major injuries. “I’ve noticed a lot of people passing through with family visiting, like at the Green Valley campground, or even the college,” said Heather Burwell, RN. “It seems like they have to go to the ER because they don’t have a physician here. This will be more available for them.” The staff will also provide physicals and care for Iowa Department of Transportation employees. The hospital also will collaborate with
“IT’S GOING to be a more convenient way for those lower acuity, not-so-emergent illnesses and injuries to come in here.”
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Emergency room and urgent care clinic director
local businesses to offer urgent care clinic hours for those businesses specifically. “We’re also going to work with the (family care) clinic and funnel patients back in to their primary provider,” said Liz Hensley, nurse practitioner. “We’re just really excited to be here, be open and get going.” For more information, visit www.greaterregional. org or call 641-782-1181.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Barring a last-minute jolt to the proceedings, Donald Trump is hours away from attaining the 2016 presidential nomination despite efforts to stop him that spilled messily into the opening of the Republican National Convention. As his wife, Melania, put it from the stage, “It would not be a Trump contest without excitement and drama.” She generated a lot of buzz with her well-received speech and, later, a controversy over some of her remarks. Two passages of her address matched nearly word-for-word the speech that Michelle Obama delivered in 2008 at the Democratic National Convention. A senior Trump adviser, Paul Manafort, dismissed the criticism as “just absurd,” and insisted that she used “words that are common words.” The campaign said the speech was written by a “team of writers” who included fragments that reflected Mrs. Trump’s thinking. For a time Monday, the Cleveland arena resembled the convention-floor battles of old as aggrieved anti-Trump Republicans protested the adoption by voice vote of rules aimed at quashing an already flailing effort to deny him the prize. Instead of a manicured message of unity, viewers saw the fractured face of a party still coming to grips with the polarizing man of the moment. But to borrow the parlance of Trump the businessman, the deal will almost certainly be sealed Tuesday night.
That’s when the roll call of states is set to unfold, delivering the delegates to make him the standard-bearer after a rollicking primary season that saw him vanquish 16 rivals. Typically in both parties, the roll call is heavy with ceremonial flourishes, good cheer and puffery about the virtues of each state. This time, it’s also another opportunity for discord to be heard. On Monday, the floor flight gave way to a lineup of hard-edged, prime-time speeches in which Republicans painted a grim picture of the country’s future and an evener darker view of Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. Speakers accused Clinton of lying, “putting all of our children’s lives at risk,” and threatening the nation’s security. When delegates chanted “Lock her up!,” Ret. Gen. Michael Flynn responded from the podium: “You’re damn right. There’s nothing wrong with that.” With a rock-star entrance, Trump changed the tone and introduced his wife, Melania. She traced her own life story, coming to America from Slo- Trump venia, and painted a softer, more rounded portrait of her husband than the hard-nosed, insult-throwing candidate GOP voters have seen at every turn. She praised his “simple goodness” and his loyalty to and TRUMP | 2A
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Fun at the fair: Two-year-old Phoenix Hill of Bedford, left, hugs her eight-week-old pet meat goat, Hazel, while 4-year-old Dru Hill of Bedford eats ice cream during the poultry and rabbit show Saturday afternoon at Taylor County Fairgrounds in Bedford.
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Mind Bender: Four-year-old Ayden Green of Bedford spins his car on the Mind Bender carnival ride Friday afternoon at Taylor County Fairgrounds in Bedford.
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