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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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Behavioral Health Unit at CCMH transitions from geriatric to adult
Comanche County Memorial Hospital recently transitioned their behavioral health service from being dedicated to helping seniors to those between the ages of 18 to 64. Penny Ramie, the Behavioral Health Director at CCMH, said going from being a geriatric unit to an...
CCMH opens new infusion center
A new infusion center is now open at Comanche County Memorial Hospital. The center expanded from being able to do four infusions at one time to 14. Jennifer Renner said they decided to expand it because they saw there was a lot of opportunity for growth. “We take care...
Wound care center at CCMH awarded for its quality care
Comanche County Memorial Hospital’s Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine was nationally recognized for its quality care recently. The center is one of around 50 that received the Robert A. Warriner award for clinical excellence for advanced wound healing out...
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...