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Building Developments: Expanding a Caring Foundation
Comments | RecommendFor 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 difference....
Nursing: Then and Now
Comments | Recommend"I'm just an old nurse," says 80-year-old Billie Jean Hodges....
Medical Advancements: Saving Lives Every Day
Comments | RecommendThe 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....
YRMC: Through the Years
Comments | RecommendSince Parkview Hospital (now Yuma Regional Medical Center) opened with 75 beds in 1958, it has witnessed changes to its facilities, community and the world....
YRMC's Maternity Ward: The Beginning of a New Era
Comments | RecommendVivian 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 the...
Longtime Yuma physician sees hospital progress
Comments | RecommendWhen 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 services,...
'Doc' Phillips remembers years of medical practice, YRMC's growth
Comments | RecommendWilliam A. "Doc" Phillips, a sprightly 95-year-old, came to Yuma in 1941 as a young doctor....
From Tough Times: To a Growing Success
Comments | RecommendBob 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 would...
YRMC's First Baby: A Miracle is Born
Comments | RecommendJaimie 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...
YRMC Fun Facts
Comments | RecommendNumber 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...
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