September is National Suicide Awareness Month, and all month long we’ll be dedicating our DCH Corner to articles about suicide risks, suicide prevention, and ways you can support loved ones or receive support. These articles will also be archived on our website (www.decaturcountyhospital.org).
Congratulations to this year’s recipient of the DCH Auxiliary scholarship! Amarillo Reyes will use this $1,500 scholarship to continue her education at DMACC to become a Respiratory Therapist. Presenting the award last week at the Decatur County Fair were Auxiliary members Patricia Klinker and Shirley Hill. Photo credit to Corey Lindsey at the Leon Journal-Reporter.
Each Tuesday, Decatur County Hospital offers an outpatient clinic to meet the unique health needs of women in Decatur County and the surrounding region. Dr. Earle M. Pescatore, Jr., DO, MHA, FACOG, visits DCH’s Outpatient Clinic each week to provide women’s health services, and will provide surgical services for advanced women’s health issues.
Decatur County Hospital will soon welcome a new service to our Specialty Clinic by providing Neurology services at DCH each month.
The DCH Auxiliary has announced a $1,500 scholarship opportunity! Qualified applicants are:
Second year or further into a health-care educational program.
Beginning July 15th, DCH is excited to welcome a new Outpatient Clinic to our services. Elizabeth Allen will offer Rheumatology services and deliver exceptional care, close to home. Elizabeth “Libby” Allen is an APRN and Family Nurse Practitioner in Browning, Missouri. She graduated with honors in 2016.
Starting July 1, DCH will welcome a new Outpatient Clinic provider to our team. Chandra (Brown) Stanford, ARNP, FNP-C, will offer Chronic Pain Management services and deliver exceptional care, close to home.
Chandra will start at DCH on July 1st and 29th, and will visit on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month starting in August.
To uphold our mission to deliver exceptional care, close to home, we are making it a priority to offer expanded Outpatient Clinics so you can access specific care for your unique health needs.
Starting with our Gynecology & Uro-Gynecology clinic which began in May, we will be introducing 6 new clinics to our Specialty Clinic rotation this summer. Click on a clinic below to learn more information.
On Friday, May 10, during the DCH Nurses Week/Hospital Week BBQ, this year’s DAISY Award winner was announced
EDIT: As of 6:30 pm, our phones are back up and running. Thank you for your patience.
We’re experiencing a phone outage due to a cut phone line, and our main phone is currently out of service (as of 4:32 pm on May 3, 2019). To reach us, please call 641-446-2221.
