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January 4, 2010—Ridgeview Medical Center celebrated the new year with the birth of a baby! A baby girl, Teigan Jade Gallagher, arrived at 5:24 a.m. Read the details.

December 30, 2009—Ridgeview Medical Center is pleased to announce the opening of its new Neonatal Care Unit and invites you to a grand celebration on Thursday, January 7, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at its hospital in Waconia.

December 10, 2009—Ridgeview Friends & Family hosted the 5th Annual Breakfast with Santa and Mrs. Claus on Saturday, December 5, bringing more than 350 guests for breakfast, fun, friendship and the main attraction all the way from the north pole!

December 7, 2009—Ridgeview Medical Center has been recognized for scoring in the top three percent among more than 2,300 hospitals in surgical care improvement measures as developed and rated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

November 25, 2009—If you love the holiday smorgasbord from Thanksgiving to New Year's Day but stress about the added pounds you'll have to sweat off, help is at hand.

November 30, 2009—NEW! Ridgeview Clinics now have a limited supply of H1N1 Novel Influenza vaccine available to several priority groups. Find out if you're in one of them...

Oct. 20, 2009—Ridgeview celebrated the groundbreaking of the Two Twelve Medical Center on Thursday, Oct. 15, at the site of the future facility—one that is unlike any other medical center in the region...

October 9, 2009 — With a MyHealthCompare.com score of 88.9 percent, Ridgeview is one of only eight Minnesota hospitals that provide above-average health care. Learn more...

The 7th annual Achieving a Healthy Balance seminar, sponsored by Ridgeview Foundation, was held Saturday, November 7, at the BayView Event Center in Excelsior! This was a fabulous event for women—and a fabulous time was had by all!