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Heart transplant recipient works with heart patients after graduating CCMH program
A group of students just graduated from Comanche County Memorial Hospital and Great Plain’s Technology Center’s Clinical Medical Technician program and are putting their knowledge to use through their new jobs. “This requires ‘your part’ is what I call it - your...
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How to prevent heart problems
February is Heart Month, so we sat down with a cardiologist at the Heart and Vascular Center at Comanche County Memorial Hospital to see how to prevent heart problems. Coronary artery disease, also referred to as coronary heart disease, is when there’s a blockage in...
Man thankful for care given during wife’s stay at CCMH
Comanche County Memorial Hospital is busy taking care of COVID patients. However, they continue to take care of all patients’ healthcare needs. One family’s loved one has been in the hospital for months and has experienced just how dedicated the medical staff remains...
CCMH nurses give COVID update almost two years in
We’re closing in on two years since COVID-19 hit southwest Oklahoma. So, we caught up with some nurses at Comanche County Memorial Hospital to see how they’re doing and what they’ve learned since the start of the pandemic. “We have good and bad days,” said LPN Tori...
Lung cancer is deadliest cancer in nation
While Lung Cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States, it’s the deadliest of cancers among men and women across the nation. Dr. Eugenio Najera said some people don’t know how prevalent lung cancer is. “If you take all the cases in the United States,...
What is a Clinical Pharmacist?
National Pharmacist Day was recently celebrated on January 12th. It’s a day where pharmacists are celebrated across the country for everything they do. We talked with Tara DeLonais, who is a pharmacist at Comanche County Memorial Hospital, about what she does as a...
Small steps, make big differences in diabetes management
The CDC says 13-percent of the U-S adult population has some form of diabetes. Understanding the disease and how to control it is important. With this month being Diabetes Awareness Month, we talked with Michelle White, a diabetes educator at Lawton Community Health...
The Great American Smokeout is happening today
Smoking is the number one cause of preventable death in the United States. Worldwide, it causes more than 7 million deaths every year. Despite knowing the impact it can have on your body, quitting is hard, especially during a pandemic. Sandy Foster, the director of...