The surgery department of Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) has recently reached the milestone of 5,000 surgical procedures completed using a daVinci robot, which allows surgeons to perform minimally invasive surgery. BVHS is only the second health system in northwest Ohio to achieve this milestone.
The first robot was purchased at Blanchard Valley Hospital (BVH) in 2010 followed by three more purchased in 2011, 2015 and 2018 respectively. Utilizing this robot allows surgeons to increase accuracy due to the greater visibility it provides. Patients who undergo robotic surgery experience faster recoveries, shorter lengths of stay at the hospital and less scarring.
Ohio Northern University faculty member Amy Fanous received the 2018 Civic Leader Award during the recent Next-Generation Pharmacists ceremony in Boston, Mass. Fanous, who earned her PharmD from ONU in 2012, is director of the Ohio Northern University HealthWise Mobile Clinic.
The Civic Leader Award is presented to a pharmacist who donates his or her time and resources with the principal objective of improving the community in which he or she resides and/or the pharmacy operates, and whose vision is related to pharmacy care and the health outcomes of the community.
The Ohio Northern women's soccer program returns home Wednesday, October 24 for a pivotal Ohio Athletic Conference date with league foe Otterbein at Kerscher Stadium ... Match time is set for 7 p.m. in Ada ... In the midweek contest, no less than a share of the OAC Regular Season title will be at stake as the two programs enter tied atop the Ohio Athletic Conference standings ... ONU enters Wednesday's match sporting a 13-2-0 overall record and an undefeated 7-0-0 mark in the OAC, which secures them a first round bye and second round hosting rights in the 2018 OAC Tournament ...
FINDLAY - Top-seeded Arlington eliminated spunky Ada in four sets at the Div. IV district volleyball semifinals in Findlay Monday night, ending the season of the defending district champions.
The Bulldogs tied it up at one set apiece after winning game two. But the Red Devils held off a late rally to win the final set and knock out the third-seeded Lady Bulldogs by a 25-20, 22-25, 25-16, 25-22 score.
With the defeat, Ada finished its campaign with a 12-12 record. Arlington improved to 19-5 and advanced to the district finals Oct. 25 against conference rival McComb with the win.
