Yearly Archives: 2021

DHHS Program Manager Kathy Karsting awarded Maria Reyes, a Community Health Worker at the Lexington Regional Health Center with the “CHW Making a Difference Award” on Tuesday, December 7. When nominating Maria, her colleagues wrote about her knowledge of the region and her commitment and service to the Lexington community. They also spoke of her selfless service during the height of the pandemic where she translated for patients, families, and their caregivers over the phone, even during the middle of the

Lexington Regional Health Center will be having another COVID-19 vaccination clinic for all children ages 5 to 11 years old on Sunday, November 28th from 3:00-4:00pm. Pfizer was recently granted Emergency Use Authorization of their pediatric dosage COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 years old. The dosage for this age group is 10 mcg versus a 30 mcg dosage for ages 12 and older, including adults. This dose is 1/3 of the dose authorized under Emergency Use for

Lexington Regional Health Center has been selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the 2021 Best Places to Work in Healthcare. The complete list of this year’s winner rankings is available at ModernHealthcare.com/bestplacestowork. “It is with great pleasure and honor that I report that we were, once again, a Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work award recipient. I want to take a moment to recognize the greatest asset, the people that make up the Lexington Regional Health Care team”, said Leslie

Lexington Regional Health Center’s first baby of 2021 waas Zakir Ahmed Hussein. He was born 1/1/2021 at 12:25am to parents Fatuma Salal and Ahmed Issack. Zakir was welcomed home by two older siblings. Dr. Kyle Klammer was the delivering doctor.