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Jodie Donati, a lifelong resident of the St. James/Rosati area, has lived the vast majority of her life without any heart or lung problems. With the exception of an incident when she experienced shortness of breath early last year, Donati, now 88 years old, has led a healthy life. However, that changed in June of 2017, when she started having ...

About two to three years ago, Jullie Barrett, who lives in Rolla and was raised in Waynesville, visited her doctor, who believed Barrett’s blood sugar was too high based on her symptoms. Barrett was given an A1C test, a common blood test used to diagnose diabetes, and the results showed her average blood sugar level over three months was about ...

Rolla teenager Dylan Vanormer enjoyed art. He made pencil drawings and created pieces using oil paints and spray paint. However, when he lost mobility due to a brain tumor that eventually spread to his spine, he did not want to give up his passion. So, he got innovative. “Dylan was in a wheelchair, and he would roll over tubes of ...

Robin Wisdom had not had a mammogram in nearly 20 months. So her primary care provider, Barbie Fulton, a family nurse practitioner (FNP) at Phelps Health who practices in Salem, helped Wisdom schedule a mammogram at Phelps Health's Comprehensive Breast Center. That turned out to be an important decision, as Wisdom’s care team at Phelps Health discovered “something” during her ...

Phelps Health Emergency Medical Services (EMS) staff have a new ambulance thanks to the generosity of the Phelps Health Auxiliary and Volunteer Services. The Phelps Health Auxiliary raised $220,000 and donated the funds to go toward the purchase of a new Ford F-350 ambulance as well as additional specialty equipment for the new vehicle. Phelps Health leaders and employees as ...

Phelps County Regional Medical Center (PCRMC) will change its name to Phelps Health effective January 1, 2019. The change will affect all of PCRMC’s facilities. The PCRMC Board of Trustees voted unanimously October 24, 2018, at its monthly meeting to rename the healthcare organization. The decision to change the name was made to better define PCRMC, which has experienced significant ...

Phelps Health teamed up with GRACE (Greater Rolla Area Charitable Enterprise) and the Good Samaritan of the Ozarks-Waynesville this fall to provide Thanksgiving meals to more than 200 families in need during the “Bag of Thanksgiving” food drive. Phelps Health employees and volunteers, along with community groups and businesses, were encouraged to donate non-perishable food items during the food drive ...

A New Year's Day arrival received a special welcome from the staff at Phelps Health. Waylon Ray German was the first baby born at the medical center in Rolla in 2019, arriving at 5:27 AM Tuesday, January 1. He weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces, and was 21.5 inches long. The birth of Waylon marks a special milestone. Not only is ...

Dixon resident Nikki Miller was to be induced on the morning of January 2, 2019, at Phelps Health, but her new baby decided to come into this world earlier than her scheduled appointment in Rolla. Miller gave birth to a girl, Charlee Isla Jade Fowler, at 1:45 AM Wednesday, January 2, 2019, at exit 172 off Interstate 44 in western ...

Imagine driving up on the scene of a car accident. The driver, who has been ejected from the vehicle, appears to have a wound that is bleeding out of control. No police cars, fire trucks or ambulances have arrived yet, but they are on their way. You have a choice. Either you can stand by and wait for first responders ...