Current News
Banner Health to suspend H1N1 rapid tests
PHOENIX (Aug. 17, 2009)—Banner Health hospitals in Arizona will no longer provide the one-hour Rapid Response H1N1 test for patients.
Banner Good Samaritan debuts new treatment for inoperable liver cancer
PHOENIX (July 27, 2009) – Interventional radiologists at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center recently became the first physicians in the U.S. to use a new ultrasound-guided interventional technique to treat liver cancer outside of a clinical trial.
Banner Good Samaritan recognized for 10th year as a “Best Hospital” in U.S.News & World Report
PHOENIX (July 16, 2009) — Commendations in Gynecology, Heart Care & Surgery and Kidney Disease
Poison control has new name, same services
PHOENIX (June 29, 2009) – The Banner Good Samaritan Poison and Drug Information Center's Hotline received more than 105,000 phone calls for exposures last year, including 45,370 calls for identification of drugs and drug information.
Spring comes early for Tucson couple
PHOENIX (March 20, 2009) – The arrival of the Puig quintuplets from Tucson, Ariz., this week reminds us that Spring is the time to celebrate new life. The five babies – three girls and two boys – were born at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center between 5:38 p.m. and 5:42 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, to Lorena Puig and husband, Enrique, following a 29-week pregnancy.
Major gift launches Parkinson’s disease Meds Connection program
PHOENIX, Ariz. (February 23, 2009) – Banner Health Foundation announced today that Sheila and Alan Fitzgerald of Gilbert, Ariz., have pledged $250,000 to initiate a pilot program at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center called Meds Connection. Meds Connection is dedicated to providing critical medications to patients with Parkinson’s disease unable to afford the treatment necessary for their condition.
Las Vegas couple gives birth to quadruplets at Banner Good Samaritan
PHOENIX (Jan. 26, 2009) – A Las Vegas couple welcomed four new members to their family early Saturday morning, Jan. 24. The babies were born between 2:15 a.m. and 2:18 a.m. to Dafna Noury and husband, Eli Zohar, following a 33-week, 4-day pregnancy.*
American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Trauma verifies Banner Good Samaritan’s Level I trauma center
PHOENIX (January 26, 2009) – This week, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center was certified as a Level I trauma center by the Committee on Trauma (COT) of the American College of Surgeons. This achievement recognizes dedication to providing optimal care for seriously injured patients in the Valley and beyond.
Banner Good Samaritan named to Top 100 Hospitals to Work For
PHOENIX (Jan. 19, 2009) – Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, one of Arizona’s largest hospitals, is also one of the nation’s “Top 100 Hospitals to Work For,” according to Nursing Professionals magazine.
PHOENIX (December 5, 2008) – Cancer patients in Arizona and the Southwest will soon have a new treatment option at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center. The hospital has installed a new stereotactic linear accelerator – the Novalis Tx from Varian Medical Systems – that has the most advanced capabilities in the Valley. It can perform X-ray image-guided radiosurgery to treat tumors of the brain, spine, lung and liver without a single incision in the patient and treat other tumors more accurately and rapidly than ever before.
Banner Good Samaritan initiates new Vein Clinic for treatment of painful or unsightly veins in legs
PHOENIX (November 17, 2008) – People choose to treat veins in their legs for a variety of reasons – from pain and swelling to varicosities and skin ulcers, to primarily cosmetic reasons. All of these needs can be managed by the new Vein Clinic at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center.
BGSMC receives second USHHS Medal of Honor for organ donation rates
PHOENIX (Oct. 20, 2008) – Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center and three other Arizona hospitals will be awarded the Medal of Honor by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for their achievements in raising organ donation rates. This is Banner Good Samaritan’s second HHS Medal of Honor, having earned its previous medal in 2005.
Imagine the difference: Candlelight Capers helps patients return to high quality of life following injury
PHOENIX (Sept. 26, 2008)—Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, part of the non-profit Banner Health, will host its 54th annual Candlelight Capers Ball, “Imagine the Difference,” at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008. This year’s beneficiary is a unique program that uses virtual reality gaming technology to further patient outcomes at the Banner Good Samaritan Rehabilitation Institute (BGSRI), an accredited center that cares for patients through all phases of rehabilitation.
Mendoza twins are “born together” at Banner Good Samaritan
PHOENIX (Aug. 14, 2008) — On Wednesday, Aug. 13, a perinatal team at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center delivered conjoined twin babies to a Kingman, Ariz., family by Caesarian section at 10:38 a.m. after a 32-week, 4-day pregnancy.
Banner Good Samaritan recognized for ninth year as a “Best Hospital” in U.S.News & World Report
PHOENIX (July 11, 2007) — For a ninth year, U.S.News & World Report magazine has recognized Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in the magazine’s annual “America’s Best Hospitals” issue. The hospital was recognized for four primary clinical programs – Gastrointestinal Disorders (#28), Gynecology (#28), Heart Care and Surgery (#34) and Kidney Disease (#37).
Baron, Puntney named finalists for Health Care Heroes
PHOENIX (June 30, 2008) – Emergency physician Dr. Robert Baron and Anita Puntney, RN, also from Banner Good Samaritan’s Emergency department, who were named finalists for The Business Journal’s Health Care Heroes awards.
Houston couple welcome quintuplets at Banner Good Samaritan
PHOENIX (June 27, 2008) – July 4 is a day to celebrate the birth of a nation, but you can forgive Ellen and Stephen Howell for celebrating the birth of five little firecrackers a week early. The Houston couple welcomed their quintuplets to the world at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix.
Hyperthermia: an old therapy gains new life at Banner Good Samaritan
PHOENIX (June 5, 2008) – The Radiation Oncology department at Banner Good Samaritan will soon be utilizing hyperthermia to treat superficial tumors, primarily chest wall tumors following mastectomy and certain lymph node tumors in head and neck cancers.
Are rattlesnake bites becoming more dangerous?
PHOENIX (May 19, 2008) – Toxicologists with the Banner Poison Control Center have noted a disturbing trend with rattlesnake bites over the past few years, and took additional steps this week to warn emergency physicians and hospital emergency departments in Maricopa County and outlying Arizona hospitals.
Banner Good Samaritan opens clinical trial to help with atrial fibrillation
PHOENIX (May 5, 2008) – A new procedure to relieve atrial fibrillation will begin clinical trials in Arizona at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center. The Cryo System Trial Of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (STOP AF) trial is being conducted at 28 hospitals across the United States and Canada. At Banner Good Samaritan the trial will be conducted by cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist Dr. Wilber Su, medical director of the Atrial Fibrillation Center at the hospital's Cavanagh Cardiology Center.
Children and Household Chemicals are Focus of National Poison Prevention Week, March 16-22
PHOENIX (March 5, 2008) – Each year, approximately 2.4 million people – more than half under age 6 – swallow or have contact with a poisonous substance. In Maricopa County alone, more than 11,000 children under age 6 are poisoned. The Banner Poison Control Center encourages Arizonans to become educated about harmful products and their effects during National Poison Prevention Week, March 16-22.
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center to launch new molecular imaging program
PHOENIX (Jan. 21, 2008) — Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center is developing a new radiopharmaceutical production facility that will serve as the foundation for expanding clinical and research imaging in cancer, heart disease, and neurology. The cornerstone of this molecular imaging program is the nearly $2 million investment of a new cyclotron that will produce positron emission tomography (PET) imaging tracers. The cyclotron will enhance the ability of physicians to do research, and to diagnose and treat disease.
Banner Good Samaritan transplants
PHOENIX (Dec. 31, 2007) – Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center surpassed its previous record total of solid organ transplant procedures in 2007.
