OakBend Medical Center held a celebration on Tuesday, June 11 to celebrate its Employee Giving Campaign. For the past three years, employees have donated to the employee campaign raising more than $295,000. The 2019 was the most successful to date with employee giving exceeding $102,000. This year, 400+ employees donated to the campaign, which equates…

OakBend Medical Center will be holding a blood drive at their main campus, 1705 Jackson Street, Richmond in the first floor conference center on Wednesday, June 12th from 1-5PM. The public is invited to schedule a donation by registering online at https://www.commitforlife.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/281393. You may contact Ashley Musslewhite at 281-341-4812 for additional information. This is the…

OakBend Medical Center is proud to announce that Andy Francis, DPT, has joined OakBend Physical Therapy – Wharton. The clinic, located in OakBend Medical Center – Wharton, 10141 US Highway 59 Road, is open weekdays 8am to 5pm. Andy received his Doctor of Physical Therapy from the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in…

OakBend Medical Center has set up the latest technology in telemedicine at its Wharton hospital. This innovative way of caring for patients uses a combination of telecommunication and information technology to provide patients clinical health care even when the specialist is not in the same room or at the same location. This allows physicians, like…

On June 12 from 8am – 10am, OakBend Medical Center will be holding Coffee with a Cop at the Williams Way Campus located at 22003 Southwest Freeway in Richmond. The morning coffee will be held in the lobby of the hospital where citizens can meet and greet the Sheriff’s Department representatives, ask questions and learn…

OakBend Medical Center is pleased to announce that it has scheduled three days for sports physicals and sudden cardiac death screenings in the Fort Bend and Wharton area. The cost is $20 cash and includes all screenings. The dates and locations are: Saturday, May 18 from 8am – Noon at the Williams Way location, 22003…

OakBend Medical Center has announced the dates April 26 – May 5, with participating restaurants offering a special OakBend menu during that time. A portion of the sales from the special menu will then be donated back to the hospital. The committee has currently signed up the following restaurants: Alicia’s Mexican Grille All We Need…

The American Heart Association will be holding its Fort Bend County Wine from the Heart Event on Friday, March 1st at 6:00 PM in the Fort Bend County Club. The event will benefit the American Heart Association and is hosted by the Fort Bend County Division Executive Committee. Heart Disease and Stroke kill hundreds of…

OakBend Medical Center will hold its annual “Stepping Out Against Stroke” walk on Saturday, April 13 with check-in and t-shirt pick up beginning at 8:00 AM and the festivities beginning at 8:30 AM. Registration must be done online at bit.ly/strokewalk2019 or by calling 281-341-3053 by March 29 to guarantee participants receive their free t-shirt. Registration…

OakBend Medical Center’s Williams Way Labor and Delivery Department has received re-designation as a Texas Ten Step Facility. The Department of State Health Services developed this program as a method to improve maternity care practices in birthing facilities. Endorsed by the Texas Medical Association, the program is based on the World Health Organization/United Nation Children’s…