WICHITA, Kan. – The Kansas Academy of Family Physicians (KAFP) has selected STACY DASHIELL, MD, FAAFP of Sterling, Kan. as its 2020 Kansas Family Physician of the Year. Dashiell has served the community of Sterling since 2010 as a full-scope rural family physician at Sterling Medical Center and Rice County District Hospital. Dashiell is also the medical [...]
The Laboratory department received 100% passing proficiency scores on each of the studies performed in 2019. Located inside the Rice County District Hospital, the full service laboratory performs more than 233,000 tests annually. Three times each year, random samples are sent to the American Proficiency Institute to be graded on criteria related to the laboratory [...]
What is Lymphedema? Lymphedema is a painful condition that affects millions of people world-wide. It is caused when the lymph vessels are unable to transport fluid back into circulation, resulting in a buildup of protein rich fluid, which causes swelling and thickening of the skin. Rice County District Hospital provides quality treatment for patients experiencing [...]
