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Women in Nebraska now have access to cryoablation, a groundbreaking procedure that freezes away early-stage breast cancer without traditional surgery. Dr. Rakhshanda Layeequr-Rahman just brought the treatment to the state for the first time.
A Nebraska hospital is turning its parking lot into a safe trick-or-treat zone after learning twice as many children are killed walking on Halloween than any other day. The free community event offers families all the fun without the street safety worries.
When pregnant Kelsey Kelley volunteered for a training ultrasound expecting to relax, the instructor spotted a life-threatening bowel blockage that doctors would have otherwise missed. Baby Bennett needed three surgeries and 70 days in the NICU, but thanks to that volunteer scan, medical teams were ready and waiting.
A 67,000-pound proton beam therapy device just arrived at Nebraska's Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, ending a "proton desert" spanning 500 miles. The breakthrough machine will give kids and cancer patients across the Midwest access to cutting-edge treatment without leaving home.
Four Nebraska hospitals just earned "A" ratings for patient safety from a national watchdog group, with two facilities in Grand Island and Kearney achieving their fourth and fifth consecutive top marks. Only four hospitals in the entire state received the highest possible safety rating.
CHI Health Good Samaritan and St. Francis just scored their fourth and fifth consecutive A ratings for patient safety, joining only two other Nebraska hospitals with the top honor. The achievement means patients walking through their doors get some of the safest care in America.