OakBend Medical Center held a blood drive on June 13th to honor the Santa Fe High School Victims. Employees across the OakBend campuses came to Jackson Street to give blood to help replenish the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center’s blood supply. Donations included whole blood, plasma and double red cells. In fact, every donation received…

OakBend Medical Group is pleased to welcome its newest ob/gyn Dr. Amber Dobyne. Originally from Birmingham, AL, Dr. Amber Dobyne graduated Cum Laude from Florida A&M University where she majored in Biology/Pre-medicine. She moved to Washington D.C. where she earned her medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed her residency training at…

On June 4, 2018, at 7AM, OakBend Medical Center opened the door of its hospital in Wharton, Texas. Within the first 24 hours of opening, the emergency room saw 21 patients, beginning shortly after the doors opened for business. The Wharton Hospital Campus opened with services that include OakBend’s signature No Wait Emergency Room with…

OakBend Medical Center has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for both its Jackson Street and Williams Way locations. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific…

During the Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon held in the Joe and Doris Gurecky Atrium, the Polly Ryon Memorial Hospital Auxiliary presented a check to Joe Freudenberger, CEO of OakBend Medical Center in the amount of $24,000 to use toward the renovations of the hospital’s Skilled Nursing Facility. Each year proceeds from sales from the Gift Shop,…

OakBend Medical Center is proud to announce that all of its eligible trustees have received Texas Healthcare Trustees (THT) Certified Healthcare Trustee designation. This designation is earned through a voluntary program designed to help healthcare board members become better leaders and show their commitment to good governance to their hospital and community. Ruthanne Mefford, Tom…

OakBend Medical Center is pleased to announce that it will open its fourth hospital on June 4, 2018, at 7AM in Wharton, Texas. After a long journey, our Wharton Hospital Campus will open with services such as OakBend’s signature No Wait Emergency Room with air ambulance support, including x-ray, CT and Ultrasound, endoscopy services, day…

For the fourth year in a row, OakBend Medical Center has earned the NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders) designation. This designation recognizes OakBend’s ongoing commitment to geriatric nursing care. The NICHE program is designed to upgrade the quality of care for older adult patients by increasing awareness of geriatric issues, improving staff competence…

OakBend Medical Center completed the installation of the CT scanner at the Wharton hospital location. The machine will provide special X-ray tests that produce cross-sectional images of the body using x-rays and a computer. The CT scan images allow doctors to look inside the body much like one would look at the inside of a…

New technology in implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) is now available at OakBend Medical Center. Dr. Siddharth Mukerji of EP Heart implanted the first Resonate™ ICD designed to not only shock a patient out of a life-threatening rhythm but can also give physicians important information to potentially reduce heart failure readmissions. Developed by Boston Scientific and…