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OCH Regional Medical Center will host a junior auxiliary interest meeting for students ages 13-18 who wish to volunteer at the Medical Center this summer.  Junior volunteer opportunities include front desk receptionist, visiting patient rooms and helping in the gift shop. “During the summer, our regular auxiliary members take a break from their volunteer duties

Twenty-eight years ago, Carl Nickels walked into a much different cardiac rehab department than the one he attends today.  After suffering from a heart attack in 1988, Nickels was referred by Ben Sanford, MD, to the OCH Cardiac Rehab program.  At that time, the two-year-old program was housed in the hospital’s basement and had only

Working is not the optimal way to spend your first wedding anniversary and certainly far from romantic, but a group of nurses at OCH Regional Medical Center got creative to make sure that their coworkers’ first anniversary was one they won’t forget. Matt and Alison Woods spent their one-year wedding anniversary providing care for their

Published in Starkville Daily News February 3, 2016 by ALLISON PERKINS news@starkvilledailynews.com OCH Regional Medical Center’s new wound healing and hyperbaric center officially opened its doors to the public on Tuesday, making it the first advanced wound healing facility in the area. Before the center opened, Amory and Meridian were the closest cities that offered

A partnership between OCH Regional Medical Center and Mississippi State University’s College of Arts & Sciences was announced at a ribbon cutting Wednesday morning for the College’s new Dr. A Randle & Marilyn W. White Pre-Med Advisory Office. The Office, which is named after MSU alumni and Greenwood physician Dr. White and his wife, is

  OCH Regional Medical Center Pharmacy Director Andy Andrews has been named Mississippi Pharmacists Association’s Member of the Year at the organization’s recent awards banquet. “The Member of the Year Award is presented to a member who has demonstrated impeccable commitment to the association, dedicated his personal time and energy to furthering the objectives of

Patients and visitors at OCH Regional Medical Center are being greeted by a new face as Emily Waters has stepped into the role of guest relations representative. In this position, Waters is responsible for visiting all inpatients daily and working in conjunction with all hospital departments, such as nursing staff, environmental services, food services, business