Dr. Amber Dobyne of OakBend Medical Group recently discussed breast exams and mammograms and the different kinds a woman might expect to receive. A clinical breast exam is done by a patient’s OB/GYN or other health provider where they examine your breast for any abnormalities during a routine check-up. This exam is recommended every one…

OakBend Medical Center’s eighth annual Patchwork of Life event went virtual this year and not only raised money for the hospital but honored First Responders around the county and named the recipient of the Jeff Council Award. Complying with the CDC recommendations for the COVID pandemic and State and County restrictions, the hospital reinvented this…

OakBend Medical Center is excited to announce the launch of its new health care podcast, “OakBend Medical Center Happy Hour.” The podcast will discuss health and well-being. Some topics may be simple and light, while others may answer questions about medical issues or tough decisions that make listeners uncomfortable; topics that address questions you may…

OakBend Medical Group has opened its first family practice office in Wharton. Located in the OakBend Medical Center – Wharton Hospital Campus, 10140 US Highway 59 Rd. the office will be in Suite 1-E. Thomas Richey is originally from San Antonio, born on Ragland Military Base to Dr L. E Richey and Dawn Richey, both…

Effective Monday, August 31st, OakBend Medical Center will implement a modification to its Visitor Policy to allow one visitor per patient per day. This decision comes as a result of weeks of research, executive team meetings, and assessment of the impact of COVID-19 hospital wide as well as across the Greater Houston and Fort Bend…

OakBend Medical Group has closed it’s COVID testing site at 4911 Sandhill Drive in Sugar Land, until Monday, August 31, 2020 due to the impending land fall of Hurricane Laura. Should you have an emergency please call 911. Our emergency rooms remain open for any urgent care, including COVID-19.

OakBend Medical Center is excited to announce that COVID 19 cases are on the decline at the hospital and it is now possible to expand services to both Jackson Street and Williams Way campuses. The expansion includes surgical procedures that require admission, Cath Lab procedures that require admission along with other IR or Endoscopy procedures…

Courtesy of Houston Business Journal. In early July, Joe Freudenberger, CEO of OakBend Medical Center in Fort Bend County, was worried about his health system getting overrun with Covid-19 patients. But right around that same time, Freudenberger began to feel symptoms of the coronavirus himself. “For me, the symptoms were always somewhat mild — up…

Story courtesy of Houston Business Journal. A nonprofit health system in Fort Bend County needs more nurses to staff its intensive care units and emergency departments, its CEO said. OakBend Medical Center, a 274-bed health system based in Richmond, has engaged staffing agencies to help ramp up the nursing staff, CEO Joe Freudenberger told the…

Story courtesy of Bill Spencer with KRPC Channel 2 Click2Houston. HOUSTON – Dr. Gildardo Ceballos, a 20-year, veteran, internal medicine doc suits up in his personal protective equipment to begin yet another long, agonizing day in the war against COVID-19. “I feel frustrated because I feel powerless because the patients, they die, despite all the…