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April is National Stress Awareness Month!   Here are a few tips to help ward off the negative impacts of stress: Take breaks from news stories:  It’s good to be informed, but constant information about negative events can be upsetting. (Think about setting boundaries before this upcoming election!) Eat healthy.  Have fruits and vegetables, lean protein, whole grains, and low-fat or no-fat dairy. Limit foods with unhealthy fats, salt, and added sugars. Cut back on processed foods and choose more whole foods! Get enough sleep.  Go to bed and wake up at the same time each day to help you  sleep better . Adults need 7 or more hours per night. Sleep is what helps to reset our emotions and stabilize our hormones. Move more and sit less.  Every little bit of physical activity helps. Start small and build up to 30 minutes a day. Rome wasn't built in a day--add a few more steps today than you had yesterday! Limit  alcohol  intake.  Choose not to drink, or drink in moderation on days you drink alcohol. Moderation means having 2 drinks or less a day for men or 1 drink or less for women.  Continue with regular health appointments, tests, screenings, and vaccinations.  Talk to your doctor if you're feeling overwhelmed or anxious. They are here to help and can find you additional resources if needed.  Make time to unwind.  Take deep breaths, stretch, or  meditate . Try to do some other activities and make time for the hobbies that you enjoy. Connect with others.   Talk with people  you trust about your concerns and how you are feeling. Connect with your community-based or faith-based organizations. Spend some time outdoors.   Your mom was right--get outside! Research shows that being outside is good for us. Sunshine and fresh air can help our physical and mental health.  We are putting a pause on Chair Yoga at the Council Grove Senior Center. We usually meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month, but during April we will be participating in Walk With Ease instead.  Join Laura Canady on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Fridays for some stretching and a brief walk outside. Meet at 12:30 and the Council Grove Senior Center. White City Senior Center chair yoga is unchanged this month. We will meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month from 10:30am to 11:00 am.   Everyone is welcome to join us for some great movement (and it's a great stress reliever too!) Health Wise Lunch Bunch is going off campus this month!  We are trying something new--a 3 part interactive workshop in conjunction with Council Grove Life Center. Workshops will be from 12:00-12:45 pm on Wednesdays, April 16, 23, and 30th at the Life Center. You will learn the importance of strength training as we age, as well as how to lift weights correctly. No lunch will be served! The workshop is free if you are a member of the Life Center, and there is a $7 fee if you are not a member. Space is limited, so you will need to reserve your spot. You can call 620-767-6811 ext. 148 or email szeigler@mrcohosp.com  to reserve a spot or with any questions. The 36-Hour Day Group. It is a support group for caregivers who are caring for those with dementia. It meets every Thursday from 1:00 -2:00 PM in our Hospital Chapel. The group discusses various topics from the book, "The 36-Hour Day". You can email Stacy with any questions you have, szeigler@mrcohosp.com   Morris County Assisted Living is an important part of our community and provides excellent housing options for our seniors. We appreciate your referrals as we look to rent our last couple of renovated apartments and we are looking for a few more great neighbors to call this unique space home. Call 620-767-5600 to schedule a tour. We are also looking to hire a full-time CNA or CMA and a part-time Activities Director. Call Laverne for more information at 620-767-5600.

Continued Dedicated Service to Our Community For Pay Period Ending March 29th March pretty well blew by (literally) and April’s awakening of spring is with us! You know you’re in the Flint Hills as the smell of ash is in the air...a beautiful odor to those who know how it affects our local economy! The cattle trucks will be rolling in from all over our country in the coming days and weeks.   As our nation’s leaders seek feverishly to deal with our nation’s unsustainable spending habits, we hear of concerns reaching our healthcare industry, especially to our Medicaid Program, used to cover 72 million low-income Americans. A budget resolution is important to both our House and Senate chambers, but we hope they will not compromise access to healthcare for such a large group of our constituents. If you agree, do reach out to Senators Marshall and Moran, as well as Representative Schmidt and tell them to protect the current Medicaid Program. Kansas has saved the government by not expanding Medicaid, so we cannot handle any reductions.   Our week has ended with a very nice interview with a second-year resident, Dr. Katie Hrencher, a Family Medicine and OB physician, and her husband Jacob who would be a great addition to our middle or high school faculty. Thanks to those of you who spent time with them and shared the great things our community offers. I will keep you abreast how their search for a summer of 2026 landing spot plays out. We can hope Council Grove will be their choice. I also have a first phone interview with another 2026 candidate on Monday...her name being Dr. Kayden Carter.   Still not real content with the low number of our metrics being reached on a weekly basis, but we did raise our targets to aggressive levels, and we’re not missing our targets by much. The best thing we can do is keep treating ALL our patients with great compassion and competence in each of our interactions with them. Thanks for doing just that!!   Have a great next two weeks! Kevin Leeper, CEO

Continued Dedicated Service to Our Community For Pay Period Ending March 15th Quite the start of March, on through Spring Break Week! It just seems like a little bit of everything has wanted to show its face to the tune of the spring-like weather that we have been enjoying, including a mini blizzard that never quite materialized a couple of days ago…thank goodness. The circle of life has certainly been realized inside the MCH greater family, with the recent arrival of three newborns in a three-day window and the sad passage from this world of a few dear loved ones. May each respective family find joy for their future or seek comfort from their memories.   Through a somewhat unexpected news release, MCH was awarded a designation of making the Top 100 Rural Hospital in 2025 list, a couple of weeks ago, by the Chartis Group, LLC, a data analytics company. Our overall score of 97.1 actually elevates us to the Top 40 of all 2,100 rural hospitals across the Country, which Chartis annually evaluates with the use of 36 different metrics across eight different categories. They use all publicly available data from required reporting submissions of any facility that participates in the Medicare program (which is virtually every hospital). The data for this release was from the year ending 2023, as there is a lag in gathering all this data from hospitals with different fiscal year cycles. In a separate release, Chartis separately honors the top 20 hospitals (of the top 100), so now that we better know their criteria used in this analysis, we can set ourselves an objective to improve our scores in our lower two categories, enough in 2024 and 2025, to achieve that upper tier ranking. I will be preparing  a more detailed news release for our Community on this distinction in the next couple of weeks.   March Madness can now be legitimately experienced, as the games have officially begun…may your favorite team win, or at least your bracket do well. If you are not a basketball fan, there still seems to be a growing number of TV channel options popping up every week. Better yet, why don’t we shake off the winter doldrums and start getting active again. I am speaking to myself as much as anyone else in similar shoes. Have a great next two weeks! Kevin Leeper, CEO

On this page... History Board of Directors MCH Foundation MCH Auxiliary About Us Morris County Hospital is a county‑owned, not-for‑profit, 21 bed critical access hospital located in historic Council Grove, Kansas. Personal, high tech care is available to all ages from the newborn to the elderly. We believe the support process is very important to the healing process and we encourage the patient and their family to be involved in decisions and care. Message from the Administration... Welcome to Morris County Hospital. We at Morris County Hospital are dedicated to providing quality healthcare, professionally and compassionately, with the latest in technology. As you navigate our web site you will learn about the quality care, highly trained and compassionate doctors, nurses, and other professional staff as well as the wide range of services that we offer. We are very proud to be recognized as one of the 32 top performing Critical Access Hospitals in the nation.There are 1,300 Critical Access Hospitals and we are ranked by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid as one of the top 32 based on National performance benchmarks. Morris County and the surrounding areas are very fortunate to have as wide a range of healthcare services and highly qualified professional staff available locally. We thank you for trusting us to care for you and your loved ones. Kevin A. Leeper CEO, Morris County Hospital Our History In 1917 the first hospital of Morris County was established by Dr. Bert Elba Miller. It was called the Council Grove Hospital. It was an old house remolded with 10 patient rooms and staffed by Dr. B. E. Miller and two nurses, Bell Benson, RN and Gladys Stillman, RN. Over the years Doctors James Woodmansee and C.C. Kerr joined him in practice in the county Dr. William McCunniff, Dr. Roy Drake, Dr. Robert W. Blackburn & Dr. B.A. Yost. On the hospitals first board of trustees appointed by the County Commissioners were Frank Warnica, George Blythe, W.E. Hembrow, and R.E. Griffith. An architect was hired July 1947 to draw plans for a hospital on North Washington Street, Council Grove. A petition circulated requesting that the county take over the Dr. Miller Hospital. F. D. Ferguson was instrumental in this petition and presented it to the County Commissioners, on October 11, 1948. The Commissioners rejected the request but reversed the decision in December 1948. The county took over the operations of the Council Grove Hospital (Dr. Miller’s Hospital) in January 1949. After 8 years of planning the Hospital on the hill was started. The project was to cost $419,885. May 1953 the hospital received $167,954 in Federal Funding and $253,375 in county funding. The ground breaking was held on May 25, 1953. The building was dedicated August 22, 1954 and patients were moved from the (Miller Hospital) Council Grove Hospital to the Morris County Hospital. Additions were added in 1958, 1978, 1994, 2001, 2006, and 2011. With the addition of physicians, the space was running out. There were great changes in technology in health care since the 1960’s. Back then, nearly all hospitals were 100 percent inpatient services. Times had changed; 80-85% of patients were treated as outpatients in 2000. On March 15, 2001 Ground Breaking Ceremony of the Morris County Hospital Renovation/Expansion Project was held for the largest expansion project. The renovation project estimated at 6.3 mil. took three years. In 2007, the Morris County Hospital became a Critical Access Hospital. In February 2007 the Foundation held a Capital Campaign. The Campaign funds to be used to purchase the Electronic Medical Records System, CT Scanner, Mammography Machine, PACS system (Picture Archival Computer System) MRI and an addition to the Family Health Center to accommodate the physicians, patients and staff. Morris County Hospital continues to keep up with modern technology and provide services at our hospital so patients don’t have to travel great distance for care and therapy. Board of Directors David Senne Chairman Steve Morgan Angela Harris Vice Chairman Rita Noll Heather Honas Secretary Tom Moxley Marty Wright Morris County Hospital Foundation The Morris County Hospital Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, was founded in 1987 by the Morris County Hospital Board. The goal of the Foundation is to raise funds for the support of Morris County Hospital and its programs in Morris County and the surrounding areas. Since the beginning, the Foundation has purchased or built three satellite clinics, providing services in Alta Vista, White City, and Cottonwood Falls. The foundation has raised money for the hospital including the latest Emergency Room Expansion/Renovation Project 2018. This project also included the OB Rooms, two ADA Rooms, Helipad Ambulance, and a Secure Room. The Foundation is currently helping to raise funds for a 3D Mammography machine that we hope to purchase in 2023 for the Radiology department. MCH Foundation Mission Statement The Morris County Hospital Foundation is organized for the benefit of the Morris County Hospital. Learn More... Donation Form For more information on how to give a gift to the Morris County Hospital, contact the Executive Director, Stacy Zeigler. She would be happy to meet with you at your convenience to talk with you about these options for giving. You can reach her by email at szeigler@mrcohosp.com or call 620-767-6811, ext. 148. Morris County Hospital Auxiliary The Morris County Hospital Auxiliary was founded in 1986. The goal was to make positive supporting contributions to the hospital and the community by helping assist the staff in providing the best patient care possible. MCH Auxiliary Mission Statement The purpose of the Morris County Hospital Auxiliary shall be to act as an advocate for the Morris County Hospital. The Auxiliary shall assist the Hospital Staff in promoting the health and welfare of the community and shall engage in fund raising activities to benefit the Hospital. What kind of activities & projects does the Auxiliary sponsor? Pediatric Projects Every child who is a patient at Morris County Hospital receives a pediatric bag with a stuffed toy or color books and crayons. The toy choice depends on age appropriateness. Scholarships The Auxiliary awards two scholarships to Morris County students who are pursuing careers in a medically related field such as Nursing, Lab, Radiology, Physical Therapy, Etc. Scholarship applications can be picked up from an auxiliary member at Morris County Hospital. Education Each year, the Auxiliary along with the hospital staff choose an educational topic to present to the community. Fund Raisers The Auxiliary raises money in order to buy items needed by the hospital through fund raising events throughout the year: Gift Shop - all proceeds from the Gift Shop are used to fund hospital projects. Bake-less Sale - you may make a donation instead of baking. R.A.D.A Cutlery Sales Who can join the Auxillary? You may call the hospital information desk or contact any Auxiliary member and they can provide you with information. The dues are $5.00 a year (payable to Membership Chairman). Meetings are held the last Monday of each month, at 9:30 a.m. in the Eberle Conference Room at the Morris County Hospital. Members and guests are always welcome to attend. For more information, or to become a member please call 620-767-6811.

Morris County, Kansas This page contains the complete list of MCH medical affiliated locations in Morris County, Kansas. More Information / Hours... Read More Council Grove Morris County Hospital | MCH Medical Clinic | Morris County Health Department Read More Cottonwood Falls MCH Clinic Chase County Read More White City MCH Clinic White City

MCH Radiology Department Morris County Hospital Radiology Department is proud to provide our patients with exceptional care and advanced technology. Over the last several years our department has experienced numerous changes in order to offer new and innovative technologies and better serve you. MCH Radiology Department Hours Monday through Friday from 7:00am – 5:00pm Your scheduled start time will be dependent on the type of service you need. We are staffed on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for emergency needs. For more detailed information, review your service below or contact us 620-767-6811 ext. 121 Our Radiology Services CT Scan (Computed Tomography) Computed Tomography is a sophisticated form of x-ray imaging that provides pictures of the body in a series of slices. A CT scan shows clear images of bone, internal organs, muscles and blood vessels which allows doctors to distinguish between normal, diseased, or injured tissue. Learn More DEXA Scan (Bone Density) DEXA scans measure your bone density with a low dose of radiation, which is interpreted by sophisticated computer analysis. Your test results will assist your physician in determining whether you need treatment for bone loss. Learn More Diagnostic Radiology An x-ray image is produced when a small amount of radiation passes through the body. Your provider may order an x-ray to help diagnose an injury or disease in nearly any part of the body. Learn More Mammography This procedure uses very low doses of radiation to obtain images of the breasts, allowing doctors to detect small cancers even before they can be felt. Learn More MRI MRI provides excellent images without radiation exposure by using a super conductive electromagnet, radio waves and sophisticated computer software to generate and enhance images. The result is an unprecedented view of internal organs, body structure and systems which provide detailed images needed to make an accurate diagnosis. Learn More Nuclear Medicine Nuclear medicine comprises diagnostic examinations that result in images of body anatomy and function. The images are developed based on the detection of energy emitted from a radioactive substance given to the patient, either intravenously or by mouth. Generally, radiation to the patient is similar to that resulting from standard x-ray examinations. Learn More Ultrasound Ultrasound uses a hand-held probe to send high frequency sound waves into your body, then sophisticated software displays an image of the body’s interior by the rate at which the echoes return to the probe. Learn More We offer online sharing of your medical images using Nuance Powershare. This service allows us to share images with your provider in a secure and convenient way! All imaging will be sent to the physicians of Manhattan Radiology to be read and reported. Your ordering provider will have your report within 24 to 48 hours. Your provider should contact you with your results. All services require a written order from a physician in good standing and licensed to practice medicine in the State of Kansas. Manhattan Radiology Staff All imaging services offered by Morris County Hospital Radiology are read by the board-certified radiologists of Manhattan Radiology. Kelly Ivester MD Medical Degree: Mercer University School of Medicine 2000 Internship & Residency: Baptist Medical Center, Birmingham, AL 2005 Fellowship: Tulane University Hospital 2006 American Board of Radiology certified 2005 Started with Manhattan Radiology in 2006 Curtis Mick MD Medical Degree: University of Kansas School of Medicine 2010 Residency: University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City KS 2015 American Board of Radiology certified 2016 Started with Manhattan Radiology in 2015 Greg Welle MD Medical Degree: University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN 1989 Internship & Residency: Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA 1994 Military Service: Army (1989-1997) Previous experience: IACH 1994-1997 American Board of Radiology certified 1994 Started with Manhattan Radiology in 1996 Hannah Olson MD Medical Degree: University of Kansas School of Medicine 2019 Internship: UMKC School of Medicine, 2020 Residency: UMKC School of Medicine, 2024 Started with Manhattan Radiology in 2024 Matthew Gish MD Medical Degree: University of Kansas School of Medicine 2004 Internship: University of Tennessee 2005 Residency: Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, TN 2009 American Board of Radiology certified 2009 Started with Manhattan Radiology in 2009 MANHATTAN RADIOLOGY CONTACT INFO Phone: 785-539-7641 Address: 1133 College Ave STE C143, Manhattan, KS 66502 Website: https://manhattanradiology.com/ MCH Radiology Staff Imaging Director Veronica "Corky" Messer, R.T. (R) (M) A.R.R.T. LRT Radiology Technologists Deanna Buttrey, R.T (R) (M) A.R.R.T., LRT Teresa “Teri” Stuart, R.T. (R) A.R.R.T. LRT Kirstin Friesen, R.T. (R), CT, A.R.R.T., LRT Bailey Buttrey, R.T., (R), (MR) Sonographers Brian Weber, RDCS Mark True, RVT, RDMS, RSC Kailea Horn, RDMS (AB OB/GYN) Misty Burnett, Student Office Staff Allicia Moreno, Administrative Secretary Return to All MCH Services