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Man shares healing journey after amputation
The Center for Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine is celebrating 20 years and renovating its office, but celebrations aren’t uncommon as they’re used to rejoicing as their patients hit milestones in their healing journey. Over the past 12 months, the center has seen an...
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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...
Through with Chew Week is happening this week
Through with Chew Week is happening this week, Feb. 21 through the 27th. It’s a week that encourages people to quit using chewing tobacco. Sandy Foster, the Program Director for the TSET Healthy Living Program at Comanche County Memorial Hospital, said this week is an...
CCMH offers COVID antibody infusion
As we all know, COVID-19 can send some to the hospital. Comanche County Memorial Hospital hoping to prevent the virus from progressing by offering COVID-19 antibody infusions to those who qualify.When 7NEWS interviewed Dr. Pradeep Mada, an Infectious Diseases...
CCMH gets new CPR training program
Comanche County Memorial Hospital has a new, high-tech way of making sure their health care professionals are trained to do CPR properly. That’s why the hospital recently rolled out the Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) program. It’s their new way of doing CPR...
Lawton Community Health Center welcomes Endocrinologist
A new doctor at the Lawton Community Health Center, who specializes in glands and hormones, is hoping to help people in southwest Oklahoma get the treatment they need without having to leave the area. Doctor Oscar Castro is an endocrinologist. “We deal with diseases...