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The numbers are staggering: more than 112,000 men, women and children in the United States are registered on the national organ transplant list awaiting life-saving transplants. In Missouri alone, nearly 2,000 people are waiting. Organ donation remains an important issue because thousands of people die each year waiting for a transplant. Unfortunately, each year the number of people waiting for ...

Phelps Health is working with GRACE (Greater Rolla Area Charitable Enterprise) and Good Samaritan of the Ozarks this fall to provide holiday meals to more than 260 families in need. Phelps Health employees and volunteers, along with local community groups and businesses, were encouraged to donate nonperishable food items and/or donate money to purchase turkeys during the 10th annual “Basket ...

What is the Phelps Health Foundation? The Phelps Health Foundation, established in 1996, is a 501(c)(3) organization that supports the Phelps Health mission to improve the health and wellness of people in our region. The Foundation provides for the healthcare needs of our community through fundraising and philanthropic support for the capital and progressive initiatives of Phelps Health. What is ...

Properly wearing a mask is one way you can help protect yourself and others from the spread of illnesses, such as COVID-19. COVID-19 spreads mainly from person to person through respiratory droplets, and masks are a simple barrier to help prevent your respiratory droplets from spreading to other people. Masks provide you and those around you with protection. Protecting their ...

For Kimberly McFarland, a nurse with Phelps Health Surgical Services, work during the COVID-19 pandemic has been anything but usual. "I don't think there is such a thing as a typical day anymore,” she said. The pandemic has brought several changes this year, and healthcare workers have had to especially adapt. Hannah Garrity, another Phelps Health nurse, has had three ...

Read Time: One Minute Ada Jane Louise Born was the first baby born at Phelps Health in Rolla in 2021, arriving at 6:13 PM Friday, January 1, 2021. She weighed 7 pounds, 10.9 ounces and was 20 inches long. Her mother and father, Alyson and Aaron Born, of Waynesville, MO, welcomed Ada Jane into this world. This is their first ...

Read Time: Two Minutes Dixon resident Jerry Plunkett is an inventor, businessman and historian. At the age of 92, he has achieved much in his life, and now he can add one more accomplishment. Plunkett was one of the first patients at Phelps Health to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. As part of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services’ ...

Read Time: Three Minutes Tiffany Henry, RN, nurse coordinator for the Phelps Health Comprehensive Breast Center, has witnessed first-hand the effects of COVID-19 in both her professional and personal lives. Within a short amount of time, Henry experienced some of the most joyful news of her life and some of the most devastating. In August 2020, Henry and her husband ...

Read Time: Four Minutes Phelps Health Walk-In Clinic - Rolla, a new walk-in clinic serving patients in south-central Missouri, opened Monday, February 1. The clinic, located at 603 South Bishop Avenue, Suite C, across from Walmart in Rolla, is open from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM Mondays through Fridays and 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM Saturdays and Sundays. No appointments ...

Read Time: Three Minutes Below, we address some common myths associated with the COVID-19 vaccine. Myth: I was vaccinated for COVID-19, so I do not need to continue wearing a mask, practicing physical distancing or performing hand hygiene. Fact: Wearing a mask, practicing physical distancing and performing hand hygiene are all important to continue doing. All of these measures together ...