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Bothwell CEO elected to Missouri Hospital Association board
Bothwell Chief Executive Officer Lori Wightman has been elected to the Missouri Hospital Association (MHA) Board of Trustees for a three-year term that begins Jan. 1, 2023. MHA President and CEO Jon Doolittle said Wightman currently serves on the MHA Board of Trustees as an appointment to complete a vacated position that ends Dec. 31,…
Read MoreBothwell Foundation presents AED to SFCC for Thompson Conference Center
The Bothwell Foundation recently presented an automated external defibrillator (AED) to State Fair Community College for its Thompson Conference Center that is used by the college and the public. An AED is a small, lightweight device that allows individuals and first responders to treat sudden cardiac arrest by delivering a shock to the victim’s chest,…
Read MoreBothwell Regional Health Center to offer community CPR/AED and First Aid classes
Bothwell Regional Health Center will offer Community CPR/AED and First Aid courses on Saturday, Nov. 5. The CPR/AED class is from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and the fee is $35. The course teaches participants how to provide CPR to an adult, child or infant and how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED) for…
Read MoreApplications now being accepted for Medical Explorers program
Applications are now being accepted for the next Medical Explorers program sponsored by Bothwell Regional Health Center and the Learning for Life program of the Boy Scouts of America, Ozark Trail Post #75. Medical Explorers is a health care exploration program open to students who reside in Pettis or Benton counties currently in their junior…
Read MoreBothwell Foundation to kick off annual Pinktober breast cancer awareness efforts
The Bothwell Foundation is continuing support for breast cancer awareness with its annual Pinktober campaign in October by raising funds in a Blue Jeans for Bothwell, Go Casual for Cancer Care effort and providing free mammograms. Blue Jeans for Bothwell, Go Casual for Cancer Care encourages employees at area businesses and community members to wear…
Read MoreBothwell drops mask requirement for patients and visitors
Like many health centers across the nation, Bothwell Regional Health Center has seen an increase in incidents of aggressive behavior in its hospital and clinics and some people avoiding care due in part to mask requirements. Beginning Sept. 22, Bothwell will encourage patients and visitors to wear masks, yet will not require their use in…
Read MoreNew pediatrician joins Bothwell medical team
Dr. Brieanna Kroeger has returned home and joined Bothwell TLC Pediatrics as a general pediatrician. Kroeger will care for children ages birth to 18 treating their routine illnesses and health conditions and providing wellness checkups. She will also care for newborns in the hospital and authorize hospital admissions when necessary. A graduate of Smithton High…
Read MoreBothwell to recognize 2022 National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day Oct. 13
Since 2019 Bothwell Regional Health Center’s Women’s Health and Newborn Care staff have organized a local event to mark National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. This year’s event will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, outside on the southeast side of the Bothwell Education Center at 600 E. 14th Street in Sedalia.…
Read MoreShapley receives DAISY Award
Bothwell Regional Health Center recently presented its latest Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses to Leslie Shapley. The Daisy Award is for patients and their families to nominate nurses who give outstanding, compassionate and skillful care. Shapley, a registered nurse in the hospital’s 2 North unit, was nominated by the wife of a patient. “My husband…
Read MoreBrain and spinal cord specialist joins Bothwell team
On Aug. 1, Jonathan Beary, DO, became Bothwell Regional Health Center’s first full-time neurologist who can diagnose, treat and manage disorders of the brain and nervous system. Beary is a board-certified, fellowship-trained adult neurologist and treats complex general neurology, including muscle, neuromuscular junction, peripheral nerve, nerve root and spinal cord conditions along with brain disease.…
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