- Building Developments: Expanding a Caring Foundation
- BY ERIN OROZCO, SUN STAFF WRITER
- For many Yuma residents, the expansion that has taken place at Yuma Regional Medical Center has been visually impressive and outwardly apparent. Yet according to some employees, it is the small and simple changes that can often make the biggest diffe... Full story
- Nursing: Then and Now
- BY ERIN OROZCO, SUN STAFF WRITER
- "I'm just an old nurse," says 80-year-old Billie Jean Hodges.
Hodges, who has had 33 years' experience as a nurse and tenure on the Yuma County Hospital District Board, is modest about what she has witnessed during her long career. Yet she has a uni... Full story
- Medical Advancements: Saving Lives Every Day
- BY ERIN OROZCO, SUN STAFF WRITER
- The evolution of medical technology at Yuma Regional Medical Center in the past 50 years has made procedures faster and more efficient for patients while increasing the number of areas in which staff specialize, according to hospital staff.
Tim Broo... Full story
- YRMC: Through the Years
- BY ERIN OROZCO, SUN STAFF WRITER
- Since Parkview Hospital (now Yuma Regional Medical Center) opened with 75 beds in 1958, it has witnessed changes to its facilities, community and the world.
On the 50th anniversary of the hospital's inception, The Sun is looking back on notable even... Full story
- YRMC's Maternity Ward: The Beginning of a New Era
- BY ERIN OROZCO, SUN STAFF WRITER
- Vivian Hoagland, who worked as a nurse's aide in Yuma Regional Medical Center's maternity ward the night it opened, is uniquely placed to speak about the growth of the hospital and the town itself. She says they have both become bigger and busier in ... Full story
- Longtime Yuma physician sees hospital progress
- BY MICHELE COHEN, SPECIAL TO THE SUN
- When Yuma native Dr. Dale Webb returned to his hometown in 1965 after a surgical fellowship, the hospital wasn’t quite as modern as he hoped. Before 1972, the Yuma hospital was plagued by financial problems which affected equipment and s... Full story
- 'Doc' Phillips remembers years of medical practice, YRMC's growth
- BY PAM M. SMITH, SUN STAFF WRITER
- William A. "Doc" Phillips, a sprightly 95-year-old, came to Yuma in 1941 as a young doctor.
Originally from Pennsylvania, Phillips had completed his residency in surgery at St. Mary's hospital in Tucson. He had graduated from the... Full story
- From Tough Times: To a Growing Success
- BY MICHELE COHEN, SPECIAL TO THE SUN
- Bob Olsen arrived at Parkview Baptist Hospital in 1972 just a few months before it became Yuma Regional Medical Center. He came to Yuma to be the director of the department now called Diagnostic Imaging, never dreaming that he woul... Full story
- YRMC's First Baby: A Miracle is Born
- BY MICHELE COHEN, SPECIAL TO THE SUN
- Jaimie Harvey can't recall anything about Parkview Hospital, but his name remains in the record books. Jaimie, born at 2:19 a.m. on Aug. 15, 1958, was the first baby born at the hospital now known at Yuma Regional Medical Center. His parents are John... Full story
- YRMC Fun Facts
- Number of births at Yuma Regional Medical Center1959: 1861976: 1,5591990: 2,1952007: 3,532Number of admission at Yuma Regional Medical Center1976: 7,2631990: 12,4322007: 18,297*****According to the March 17, 1958 issue of The Yuma Daily Sun, the name... Full story
