by Medwatch 7 | Sep 2, 2021 | Medwatch 7, Spirit of Survival
The Spirit of Survival is going completely virtual this year due to the coronavirus. The decision to make it virtual wasn’t an easy one. Alison Green, the co-race director of Spirit of Survival and cancer program director of the Cancer Centers of Southwest Oklahoma,...
by Medwatch 7 | Aug 26, 2021 | Medwatch 7
Comanche County Memorial Hospital has new technology that helps doctors find gastrointestinal bleeding at the hospital instead of sending them over an hour away for the test. Dr. Michael Sawyer, General Surgeon at CCMH, said they use what’s called a PillCam to examine...
by Medwatch 7 | Aug 23, 2021 | Medwatch 7, COVID-19
The pandemic of the unvaccinated. That’s what Dr. Scott Michener, the Chief Medical Officer at Comanche County Memorial Hospital, is calling the coronavirus pandemic right now. “We’re heading in the wrong direction,” he said. At one point this summer, CCMH didn’t have...
by Medwatch 7 | Aug 8, 2021 | Medwatch 7
The FDA recently expanded who can get COVID antibody infusions. Before, it was for people who had tested positive for the virus and had mild to moderate symptoms and met certain criteria, but now people who’ve been exposed and haven’t tested positive to COVID-19 can...
by Medwatch 7 | Jul 12, 2021 | Medwatch 7, Surgery
Comanche County Memorial Hospital has done thousands of surgeries with their MAKO robotic-arm assisted surgery system, which is controlled by an orthopedic surgeon at the hospital. Dr. Clint Kirk, who frequently uses the system at Comanche County Memorial Hospital,...
by Medwatch 7 | Jun 27, 2021 | Medwatch 7
The Lawton Farmers Market Annual Tomato Festival is right around the corner, and those growing tomatoes are welcome to enter. Dr. Edward Legako, the president of the Lawton Farmers Market, said about 7 or 8 years ago, they started having different events at the market...
