Newman Regional Health
Annika Free is a dedicated nursing professional with a Bachelor of Science in Registered Nursing from Emporia State University, earned between 2020 and 2023. Currently working as a nurse tech at Newman Regional Health since May 2023 and as a nurse extern at Wesley Medical Center since May 2022, Annika has accumulated valuable experience in healthcare. Previous roles include serving as a nurse extern at Wesley Medical Center and a certified medication aide at Emporia Place from March 2021 to February 2022, as well as a specialty tech at Salina Regional Health Center from May 2019 to July 2020.
Newman Regional Health
Newman Regional Health is Emporia's community hospital, providing a wide range of medical, surgical, outpatient, and hospice services. Newman Regional Health is a teaching hospital and is home to the ESU Newman Division of Nursing. Owned by the people of Lyon county, Newman operates as a not-for-profit hospital, and is licensed for 190 beds. It is the fifth-largest employer in the area. “They saw the best equipped hospital in the West. They saw a beautiful building architecturally, and they saw an interior decorated with taste, altogether a thing of beauty that shall be a joy forever.” – Emporia Gazette, March 6, 1922, on the open house. Since 1922, Newman Regional Health has been a vital part of healthcare for a seven county area surrounding Emporia, Kansas. The Emporia Gazette used the Winston Churchill quote, “We live not by what we have, but by what we give,” on March 5, 1922 to describe George Newman’s generous contribution.