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A child attendee sits with Santa during the Breakfast with Santa event on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, at the Kentucky Children's Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Samuel Colmar | Staff

UK HealthCare annual Breakfast with Santa returns after COVID-19 pandemic

Courtney Suber, Staff Reporter December 2, 2023

UK HealthCare hosted its 35th annual Breakfast with Santa event on Saturday, Dec. 2, the first since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tradition of ‘Breakfast with Santa’ began in 1985 and...

The Albert B. Chandler Hospital on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

‘TikTok Trickster’ arrested at UK Chandler Hospital

Laurel Swanz, Staff Reporter April 17, 2023

A 54-year-old man known by law enforcement and media outlets across the country as the “TikTok Trickster” was arrested at UK Chandler Hospital on Friday, April 14, according to UK Police. UK Police...

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UK Healthcare lacking in protective gear needed for coronavirus care, media reports show

Kernel News Staff March 7, 2020

Citing an "exceedingly low" supply of protective gear, UK Healthcare officials asked staff to be "frugal" with the gear needed for healthcare employees to care for patients with coronavirus and other infectious...

Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton and Commissioner of Health Dr. Kraig Humbaugh address the public after the first case of coronavirus in Kentucky was announced on Friday, March 6, 2020. Governor Andy Beshear made the announcement about the case in Lexington earlier in the day on Friday and also declared Kentucky in a state of emergency.

Coronavirus patient in isolation at UK Hospital. Mayor Gorton declares state of emergency.

Kentucky's first case of coronavirus has been confirmed in Lexington, according to Gov. Andy Beshear.A UK release stated the patient is being treated in isolation at UK Chandler Hospital. In a campus-wide...

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Report: UK Healthcare sending patients elsewhere due to computer difficulties

Sydney Momeyer September 23, 2019

University of Kentucky hospitals are currently sending patients elsewhere to seek medical care due to computer issues, WKYT reports. According to WKYT, the computer problems are affecting all UK Healthcare...

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Update: UK student with meningitis is improving

News Staff February 1, 2018

A UK student diagnosed with bacterial meningitis continues to improve, according to a statement from UK Public Relations. UKPR announced Monday that a UK student had been hospitalized with a probable...

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