Recent Press Releases

• June 05, 2019 Free skin cancer screening set for June 15

  Appointments are available for the annual free skin cancer screening sponsored by Kentucky Cancer Program, Baptist Health Paducah and Lourdes hospital.

• June 03, 2019 Wound Care Awareness Week 2019

  Baptist Health Wound Care is helping raise awareness of chronic wounds by observing Wound Care Awareness Week June 3-7.

• May 31, 2019 Dr Carl Nechtman joins Baptist Health Medical Group Purchase ENT

  Otolaryngologist Carl Nechtman, MD, has joined Baptist Health Medical Group Purchase ENT.

• May 30, 2019 Local Wound Care Center participates in sixth annual Healogics Wound Care Awareness Week

  Local Wound Care Center participates in sixth annual Healogics Wound Care Awareness Week

• May 28, 2019 Baptist Health Lexington receives Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award for second year in a row

  Baptist Health Lexington is one of only five hospitals in Kentucky to receive the Healthgrades 2019 Outstanding Patient Experience Award. The hospital also received the Healthgrades 2018 Outstanding Patient Experience Award.

• May 28, 2019 Baptist Health Paducah to celebrate National Cancer Survivors Day June 2

  Baptist Health Paducah will celebrate National Cancer Survivors' Day from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 2, at the Ray & Kay Eckstein Regional Cancer Care Center.

• May 23, 2019 Baptist Health Richmond will celebrate National Cancer Survivors Day on May 30

  National Cancer Survivors Day

• May 22, 2019 Going Pink Raises Awareness for Breast Cancer

  Triple Crown Concrete, (a division of Hinkle Contracting Company, LLC) and Baptist Health Corbin are partnering to raise awareness for breast cancer and making a splash in the surrounding counties with Triple Crown's newly painted pink trucks.

• May 22, 2019 Baptist Health Richmond receives award at Gift of Life Summit

  Baptist Health Richmond received an Outstanding Achievement Award

• May 17, 2019 Baptist Health Lexington receives top hospital safety A rating

  Baptist Health Lexington has earned the top rating of "A" for hospital safety from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit healthcare ratings organization. Of the 52 hospitals rated in Kentucky, only 11 received an "A" rating. No other Lexington hospital received an "A"