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Comprehensive Care Close to Home Call today for more information: 316-962-2250. wichita.edu/pediatrics KU Wichita Pediatrics has the region's largest academic pediatric specialty health care team. • Ambulatory Pediatrics • Child Abuse & Neglect • Critical Care • Developmental & Behavioral Genetics • Hematology & Oncology • Hospital Medicine • Infectious Disease • Neonatology • Newborn Medicine • Pediatric Pulmonary Together for Kansas Children. Forever. FIRST CHILDREN'S PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL OPENS IN WICHITA KVC Hospitals Wichita opened in mid-July at 1507 W. 21st St. N., in a renovated and expanded facility that had once been the Kansas Orthopaedic Center. The new 54-bed psychiatric hospital is KVC Hospitals' third children's psychiatric hospital in Kansas and the first hospital in Wichita to serve youth struggling with suicidal thoughts, depression, anxiety, trauma and substance abuse. KVC Hospitals are also in Hays and Kansas City. Hundreds of patients being served at those two locations had come from the Wichita area, which led to the hospital system undertaking a campaign to provide a facility closer to home, officials say. "Children and families deserve a treatment experience that's nur - turing and therapeutic in their moment of highest need. We're here to support the city of Wichita in meeting that demand," says Juston White, Executive Director of KVC Hospitals. White was formerly Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Central Kansas. Suicide is the second leading cause of death in Kansas for chil - dren ages 15–18 and the third leading cause of death for children ages 6–14, hospital officials say. Sedgwick County and Kansas experience suicide rates that continue to climb at a much higher rate than most of the nation. PATTERSON HEALTH CENTER OPENS IN HARPER COUNTY Patterson Health Center, located on a 60-acre campus between the cities of Anthony and Harper in Harper County, was dedicated in July. The new $41 million medical complex is the result of a 2012 community health needs assessment that suggested healthcare services could be improved by integrating the hospitals in each community and eliminat - ing duplication in services since the communities are just nine miles apart. The new facility provides clinical, rehabilitation and hospital ser- vices. The majority of the funding for the new facility was provided by the Patterson Family Foundation and Neal Patterson, the Co-Founder of Cerner Corp., a medical information technology provider, in Kansas City. The late Patterson had grown up in rural Anthony. The health center's service area extends from Wellington to Medicine Lodge and encompasses many small rural Kansas towns. Pat Patton serves as the center's CEO. NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE Continued on page 06 M D N E W S . C O M /// M D N E W S G R E AT E R K A N S A S ■ 2 019 H O S P I TA L R O U N D S ❰❰❰❰❰ 0 5

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