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CCMH partners with SWOSU for clinical rotations
Students going to Southwestern Oklahoma State University can now do their clinical rotations at Comanche County Memorial Hospital after the hospital and university recently signed an agreement. Melissa Alvillar, the chief nursing officer at CCMH, said this gives those...
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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...
Diabetes educator shares her journey with the disease
The season where we love to overeat is here, but it’s also Diabetes Awareness Month, a time to remember what you should eat and how much if you have diabetes. Michelle White, one of the diabetes educators for Lawton Community Health Center, said diabetes is a...
Woman wins Courage Award after breaking leg at Mount Scott
Courage is defined as "the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, or pain without fear" by dictionary.com. Patients who display courage while receiving in-patient treatment at CCMH’s Physical Rehabilitation Center of Southwest...