St. Luke's McCall

08/08/2025

St. Luke’s McCall Foundation recently hosted a heartfelt celebration to dedicate the new Healing Garden and unveil the “Shelter” sculpture at St. Luke’s McCall.

This beautiful garden was made possible through the generosity of Dr. Ed Droge and is dedicated in memory of his late wife, Mary Lou Droge. Designed as a peaceful space for reflection and renewal, the garden welcomes patients, visitors, and staff with its vibrant array of flowers and plants, along with a soothing water feature.

The event also marked the unveiling of Shelter, a powerful sculpture by artist Benjamin Victor. Commissioned through the generosity of Maureen O’Keeffe-Wing and Vern Wing, Victor sought to capture the essence of healing and care—the universal touch offered by caregivers throughout life. The sculpture bears the inscription:

“Offered to uplift the spirit and inspire healing for all who pass through these doors.”

07/11/2025

When your mission is to serve others, people like Frank and Pam Cahouet make a real difference. Their generosity has provided local EMS and medical transport services with essential equipment, training, and support—ensuring our community receives the best care in emergencies.

For life-threatening medical emergencies, call 911 without delay. For a mental health crisis, call or text 988 for free and confidential crisis support.

07/03/2025

We’re here for you! The St. Luke’s McCall Urgent Care Clinic, 200 Forest Street, McCall, will be open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. throughout the July 4th holiday weekend.

Our urgent care team provides fast, walk-in (appointment-free) treatment for minor injuries and illnesses, in addition to other services.

Including care for minor illnesses such as ear infections, sore throats, fevers, coughs, respiratory illness, vomiting, diarrhea, and urinary infection; minor injuries such as fractures, sprains, and lacerations; minor work injuries; and follow-up for suture removals or wound checks. We also offer sports physicals, flu shots, onsite x-ray and lab testing.

If you need urgent medical attention outside of our office hours, please go to St. Luke’s McCall emergency department, 1000 State Street, McCall.

If you are having a life-threatening medical emergency, please go directly to the St. Luke’s McCall emergency department or call 911. If you need urgent support for a mental health crisis, please use 988 to call or text the Idaho Crisis & Su***de Hotline.

06/20/2025

Phone Service Disruption Update – St. Luke’s McCall

We received confirmation from our vendors that they identified the phone disruption issue, and the majority of the issues have been resolved.

The phone disruption issues at St. Luke’s in McCall appear to be resolved.

If you experience issues when trying to contact us by phone, please let us know and we will escalate the issue with our vendors.

Thank you for your patience and cooperation over the past few days.

06/18/2025

Phone Service Disruption – St. Luke’s McCall

Due to a county-wide phone issue, St. Luke’s McCall Medical Center and local clinics are experiencing intermittent phone issues. Calls may not connect, or if they do, callers may be unable to hear each other.

We are working with Ziply to identify and resolve the issue. At this time, there is no estimated time for resolution.
• For emergencies, call 911.
• To contact your provider, use the MyChart email feature.
• If you don’t have MyChart and can’t reach Urgent Care,
Payette Lakes Family Medicine, Behavioral Health or McCall
Medical by phone, please call our Riggins clinic at
208-628-3666. The Riggins team will relay
your message to the McCall team and help coordinate
follow-up.

We will share updates as more information becomes available. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

06/17/2025

We want your input! The deadline to complete the community health needs assessment survey has been extended to June 30.

Please take the survey and share your opinion on what you think the biggest health needs are in the community. St. Luke’s uses this information to develop plans to guide the types of community health programs we provide and how we can better support our community partners.
https://linktr.ee/MetopioSurveys

06/13/2025

⛳ Team spots are still available for the 2025 St. Luke’s McCall Invitational on Friday, September 5 at Jug Mountain Ranch!

Join us for a great day of golf, community, and support for local health care.

Register your team now:
https://www.stlukesonline.org/communities-and-locations/classes-and-events/mccall-foundation-invitational
Questions? Reach out to Hayley Johnson at johnhayl@slhs.org.

St. Luke's McCall annual invitational at Jug Mountain Ranch Golf Course.

06/11/2025

St. Luke’s is offering a Safe Sitter Essentials with CPR class from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 10 at St. Luke’s McCall Forest Street Center, 100 Forest St., McCall.

This program is designed to prepare youth to be safe when they’re home alone, watching younger siblings or babysitting.

The instructor-led class is filled with fun games and role-playing exercises. Students even get to use manikins to practice rescue skills like choking rescue.

The class fee is $30. If multiple siblings from a family attend, the fee for additional siblings is $20.

Participants need to bring a sack lunch, and any additional snacks and drinks needed for the day. Minimum age requirement is 11 years old.

Registration is required, please call 208-381-9000 or register online at stlukesonline.org under classes.

Class size is limited, registration is required.

Safe Sitter® prepares students in grades 6-8 to be safe when they're home alone, watching younger siblings, or babysitting.

06/03/2025

We’re excited to share St. Luke’s McCall is returning to offering in-person childbirth preparation education classes! The classes are taught by our compassionate and dedicated labor and delivery nurses. The next four-part series begins July 9.

To learn more and register for this program go to: https://www.stlukesonline.org/communities-and-locations/classes-and-events/childbirth-preparation-mccall

Additional in-person and online classes for expectant and new parents include Baby Care Basics, Childbirth Boot Camp, Intuitive Birth, Breastfeeding Basics and Tummy Time, Infant Massage and More. https://www.stlukesonline.org/communities-and-locations/find-classes-and-events/results?keyword=having+a+baby

05/19/2025

Dr. Caitlin Gustafson named Idaho Academy of Family Physicians – Physician of the Year!

She was honored at the IAFP Annual Conference held at the Shore Lodge on Saturday, May 17.

Throughout her 20 plus year career at St. Luke’s McCall, Dr. Gustafson has served the community’s health care needs by practicing full-spectrum family medicine in the clinic, hospital, emergency department and is a leader in obstetrical care. She is currently serving as the St. Luke’s McCall Chief of Staff. She also teaches and precepts medical residents and students who complete rotations in McCall.

Dr. Gustafson was nominated by Dr Abby Davids Full Circle Health program director who shared:

“Dr. Gustafson makes me proud to be a family physician and inspires me every single day. She’s an incredible physician. As a broad-spectrum family doc there is no issue she cannot handle and no clinical space she doesn’t thrive in. She’s extremely knowledgeable and skilled and compassionate and kind. She is the physician we all strive to be, and the person we all wish our family members had access to in times of crisis.

“Caitlin is also a powerful advocate for vulnerable and marginalized patients and for our profession at large. She has consistently stood strong for our patients in Idaho. She remains our steady and capable leader and our rock in the face of adversity. She leads. She inspires. She cares. She reminds us all of the good in the world and our important collective work to be done together. She brings people together, builds others up, and always leads with kindness.”

05/14/2025

St. Luke’s McCall is proud to celebrate our extraordinary team of 33 active volunteers who contributed nearly 1,400 hours of service in 2024! From pet therapy, to surgical recovery to Foundation support, their time and talents bring care and compassion to every corner of our hospital.

At our annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon, we honored these community champions—including special recognition for Roz Campbell, who has donated more than 4,300 hours over 29 years!

As Chief Operating and Nursing Officer Amber Green shared, “You touch the lives of our patients and employees every day, and we’re happier because of you.” 💙

Interested in volunteering? Contact Kirsten Azoulay at azoulayk@slhs.org to learn more about joining our incredible team.

04/30/2025

We want your input! Please take the survey and share your opinion on what you think the biggest health needs are in the community. St. Luke’s uses this information to develop plans to guide the types of community health programs we provide and how we can better support our community partners.
https://linktr.ee/MetopioSurveys