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Do not fill this in! === Health care === {{see also|COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota|COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota#Economy}} [[File:051907-003-HCMC.jpg|thumb|alt=Four story cement colored pillars frame building with black windows, seen from across the street, three cars in front|[[Hennepin County Medical Center]] has the state's busiest emergency room.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.startribune.com/inside-hcmc-minnesotas-busiest-er-the-trauma-of-dealing-with-trauma-never-stops/600304582/|title=Inside Minnesota's busiest ER, the trauma of dealing with trauma never stops|last=Forgrave|first=Reid|date=September 15, 2023|access-date=September 15, 2023|newspaper=[[Star Tribune]]|archive-date=September 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230917222235/https://www.startribune.com/inside-hcmc-minnesotas-busiest-er-the-trauma-of-dealing-with-trauma-never-stops/600304582/|url-status=live}}</ref>]] [[Abbott Northwestern Hospital]], [[Children's Minnesota]], [[Hennepin County Medical Center|Hennepin Healthcare]], [[M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital]], [[M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center]], [[M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center]], [[Minneapolis VA Medical Center]], and [[Phillips Eye Institute]] serve the city.<ref>{{cite web |title = Individual Hospital Statistics for Minnesota |url = https://www.ahd.com/states/hospital_MN.html |publisher =American Hospital Directory, Inc.|date = September 26, 2022 |access-date = February 3, 2023 |archive-date = February 3, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230203203527/https://www.ahd.com/states/hospital_MN.html |url-status = live }}</ref> [[Cardiac surgery]] was developed at the university's Variety Club Heart Hospital,{{sfn|Jeffrey|2001|loc=p. 59}} where by 1957, more than 200 patients—most of whom were children—had survived open-heart operations.{{sfn|Jeffrey|2001|loc=p. 61}} Working with surgeon [[C. Walton Lillehei]], [[Medtronic]] began to build portable and implantable [[cardiac pacemaker]]s about this time.{{sfn|Jeffrey|2001|loc=p. 65}} Hennepin Healthcare, a public [[teaching hospital]] and [[Level I trauma center]],<ref name=HH>{{cite web|title=Hennepin Healthcare|url=https://mn.gov/projsrch/hennepin-healthcare.html|publisher=State of Minnesota|work=Minnesota Project Search|access-date=April 19, 2023|archive-date=April 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419181104/https://mn.gov/projsrch/hennepin-healthcare.html|url-status=live}}</ref> opened in 1887 as City Hospital, and has been known as Minneapolis General Hospital, Hennepin County General Hospital, and Hennepin County Medical Center or HCMC.<ref>{{cite web |title = The History of Emergency Medicine at Hennepin |url = https://hennepinem.com/emergency-department/history/ |publisher = [[Hennepin County Medical Center]] |access-date = February 3, 2023 |archive-date = February 3, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230203223034/https://hennepinem.com/emergency-department/history/ |url-status = live }}</ref> In 2021, opioid overdoses killed 197 people in Minneapolis.<ref name=cityopioids>{{cite web|url=https://www2.minneapolismn.gov/government/departments/health/current-concerns/opioids/|title=Opioids|access-date=October 5, 2023|publisher=City of Minneapolis: Minneapolis Health Department|archive-date=October 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006211557/https://www2.minneapolismn.gov/government/departments/health/current-concerns/opioids/|url-status=live}}</ref> For the state in 2021, Black persons were three times and Native American persons were ten times more likely to die from an opioid overdose than White persons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/opioids/opioid-dashboard|title=Drug Overdose Dashboard|access-date=October 6, 2023|publisher=[[Minnesota Department of Health]]|archive-date=October 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001161615/https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/opioids/opioid-dashboard|url-status=live}}</ref> The mayor's proposed 2024 budget added funds for the Turning Point treatment center, that provides care specifically for African Americans.<ref>{{cite news|title=Minneapolis to invest in culturally specific recovery programming|url=https://www.kare11.com/article/news/health/minneapolis-recovery-programming/89-342968b1-1ded-4705-bf94-b51d441b81fb|last=Edwards|first=Kiya|date=October 5, 2023|access-date=October 5, 2023|work=[[KARE-TV]]|archive-date=March 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320202936/https://www.kare11.com/article/news/health/minneapolis-recovery-programming/89-342968b1-1ded-4705-bf94-b51d441b81fb|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Red Lake Band of Chippewa]] is building a culturally sensitive treatment center for opioid and fentanyl addiction. Minneapolis transferred two city-owned properties to the Red Lake Nation for the facility.<ref>{{cite news|title=Minneapolis announces plans to transfer land to Red Lake Nation|url=https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-announces-plans-to-transfer-land-to-red-lake-nation/600306579/|last=Jackson|first=Zoë|date=September 21, 2023|access-date=October 5, 2023|newspaper=[[Star Tribune]]|archive-date=October 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006211553/https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-announces-plans-to-transfer-land-to-red-lake-nation/600306579/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/MarkedAgenda/Council/4164|title=Marked Agenda: Minneapolis City Council Agenda, Regular Meeting|date=October 5, 2023|access-date=October 5, 2023|publisher=City of Minneapolis|archive-date=October 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006211554/https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/MarkedAgenda/Council/4164|url-status=live}}</ref> The Mashkiki Waakaa'igan Pharmacy—funded by the [[Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa]]—dispenses free prescription drugs and culturally sensitive care to members of any federally recognized tribes living in Hennepin and Ramsey counties, regardless of insurance status.<ref name=KFF>{{cite news|title=Tribal Pharmacy Dispenses Free Meds and Fills Gaps for Native Americans in the City|url=https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/tribal-pharmacy-native-americans-minneapolis/|last1=Huggins|first1=Katherine|last2=Mueller|first2=Julia|date=May 24, 2022|access-date=May 13, 2023|work=[[KFF Health News]]|publisher=[[Kaiser Family Foundation|KFF]]|archive-date=May 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513135728/https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/tribal-pharmacy-native-americans-minneapolis/|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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