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Antibiotics are only needed for treating certain infections caused by bacteria. Viral illnesses CANNOT be treated with antibiotics. Click image below to view full PDF ...

29 November, 2018

Friday, December 7, 2018 the Forks Community Hospital will be participating in an interdepartmental evacuation drill. The Long Term Care Facilities will be completely evacuated. No Long Term Care visitors are permitted between 1 and 4 pm on 12/07/18. Click image below to view full PDF ...

29 November, 2018

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration HRSA NEWS ROOM https://www.hrsa.gov/about/news/press-releases/hrsa-recognizes-champions-of-rural-health.html FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 28, 2018 CONTACT: HRSA PRESS OFFICE 301-443-3376 Today, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) acknowledged seven rural organizations from across the nation as champions in providing high-quality access to health care...

28 February, 2018

Forks Community Hospital is one of 20 hospitals on the Antimicrobial Stewardship Honor Roll. The Honor Roll consists of both very small and very large hospitals from Washington state.   Please see the email below we received from Kelly Kauber, Antimicrobial Stewardship Coordinator from the Department of Health. Dear Forks ...

02 January, 2017

At the Tuesday, Oct. 25, meeting of the Forks Community Hospital Board of Commissioners, Patricia Birch was selected to assume Gerry Lane’s commissioner position. Lane stepped down recently after he sold his home in the area. Birch, a former employee at FCH, brings with her a...

31 October, 2016

Staff at Olympic Corrections Center responded once again this year to assist Forks Community Hospital’s Long Term Care (LTC) by donating candy for children trick or treating at the facility this Halloween. Three years ago, staff at the nursing home had placed a notice in the...

10 October, 2016

A few months ago Forks Community Hospital staff members, Laura Kripinski, Laci Johnson and Rebecca Wilson, started a fundraising campaign to provide automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to Forks Police Department vehicles. The hope was that through donations and Outfitters non-profit receipt program to raise enough...

20 September, 2016

Forks, WA, June 30, 2016– Forks Ambulance has added a new vehicle to better serve the community of Forks and the surrounding areas.  A 2013 Ford Expedition, which we refer to as the “Command Vehicle” has been outfitted with emergency lighting, radios and rescue equipment...

05 September, 2016

You are having a heart attack! And if you live in Forks or the surrounding area, you know that we rely on our volunteer ambulance crews to drive from their homes to the ambulance shed at the hospital before they head out on the call....

04 August, 2016
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