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…

OakBend Medical Center has signed up 22 local restaurants to participate in its second annual Restaurant Week. The event will take place beginning Friday, April 20 – Sunday, April 29, 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…

OakBend Medical Center’s annual “Stepping Out Against Stroke 3k” is growing and going strong. This year over 400 people registered to walk the 3K and support the stroke program at OakBend. The Stroke Walk, held at George Park in Richmond, included breakfast snacks, health screenings for blood pressure and a DJ to entertain the crowd…

OakBend Medical Group is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Fred L. Speck III. Dr. Speck was born in John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Texas. His family then moved to Kerrville, Texas where he was raised on a small farm. While a student at Texas A&M University, he coached both the collegiate and local…