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Paramedic gives heat and water safety tips
Summer and summertime holidays, like the Fourth of July, can be a fun time outside, but it can also be dangerous because of the hot weather and fireworks. Jamie Hennessee, a local paramedic, has tips on how to be safe. With the hot temperatures we’re seeing, Hennessee...
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National Nurses Week
National Nurses Week is May 6th – May 12th and is celebrated at Comanche County Memorial Hospital and hospitals across the country every year. “Nursing is one of the greatest professions ever,” Carla Vaden, lead house supervisor at CCMH, said. Nurses are everywhere at...
April is National Donate Life Month
April is National Donate Life Month. It’s a month encouraging others to register as organ, eye, and tissue donors and to honor those that have saved lives through the gift of donation. Krystal Lewis, with LifeShare of Oklahoma, said there are more than 600 people in...
Southwest Oklahoma man receives 24 units of blood, encourages others to donate
Blood donations are needed for many different reasons, from those in the hospital for minor surgery to those who get into a life-altering accident and may die without it. That was the case for the Chandler Family back in October of 2019. “You don’t realize how fragile...
CCMH recognizes hospital volunteers, calls them “Heart Of The Hospital”
For the past 35 years, volunteers have been going to Comanche County Memorial Hospital doing whatever they can - wherever they can. That’s why they’re called the heart of the hospital. People volunteer for many different reasons. “I started doing it to have something...
McMahon Tomlinson Nursing & Rehabilitation Center seeing staffing shortage, to hold career fair
The McMahon Tomlinson Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Lawton provides care to people across southwest Oklahoma through long-term care and their skilled nursing unit -where they provide treatment for those who are just getting out of the hospital but not ready...
What a Hospice Chaplain’s job entails
When we think about hospice, many people often think about the doctor and nurse, and maybe even the social worker that will be coming in and taking care of the loved one, but a chaplain is also part of that team. Chaplain Daniel Litchford joined Comanche County...
Day of Giving to benefit CCMH Foundation
March is the Month of Giving at Jersey Mikes, and they’re working to raise money for Comanche County Memorial Hospital’s Foundation. This is the third year 100% of the sales at Jersey Mikes in Lawton have gone to the CCMH Foundation during the third Wednesday in...