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           When disaster strikes, the basic instinct is to run for cover, but some people are prepared to rush to the danger zone to provide life-saving care for the injured.  The month of September is National Preparedness Month, however, as preparedness is a year-round process, OCHRegionalMedicalCenter stands ready to respond to emergencies and disasters at all

[Re-published by permission of Starkville Daily News. Original publication date: August 13, 2013] By Alex Holloway OCH Regional Medical Center CEO Richard Hilton spoke to the Starkville Rotary Club recently about the hospital’s advances and benefits. Throughout his presentation, “Rooted in Community,” Hilton noted OCH Regional’s impacts on the area economically and the host of services

         OCH Regional Medical Center has become the first hospital in this area and one of only seven in the entire state to earn the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System certification.  This prestigious recognition was awarded to the Medical Center based on an audit conducted last fall and shows that OCH

          On a snowy winter day in January 1973, the move was made from the former Felix Long Memorial Hospital to another small facility in Oktibbeha County on land donated by the families of J.T. Garrard and Curby Steadman.  Today, the facility—which has expanded dramatically over the years—is known as OCH Regional

OCH Regional Medical Center has received a 5-star rating for the quality of its orthopedic care from Healthgrades, the leading provider of information to help consumers make an informed decision about a physician or hospital.  This recognition is part of new findings released in American Hospital Quality Outcomes 2013: Healthgrades Report to the Nation.  This

Gone are the days where gynecologic surgery means a long hospital stay and three to six weeks of recovery.  At progressive hospitals such as OCH Regional Medical Center, there is a different option for women—robotic-assisted surgery.  While traditional open gynecologic surgery requires a large incision for access to the uterus and surrounding anatomy, surgery with

Dr. Kenneth Thomas and his surgical team prep their patient for a robotic assist laparoscopic prostatectomy, the removal of the prostate, and then he tells his team, “Alright, the robot is docked…”   He’s referring to the da Vinci Robot, Dr. Thomas’ ‘right-hand man’ (or rather ‘right-hand robot’).  OCH Regional Medical Center has the only da