Press Release Archive
Feed the Children Serves Love County Families
Monday, December 18th, 2023
Marietta - December 18, 2023:
Giant Food Distribution: With the 53’ long Feed the Children truck in the background at the Mercy Health Love County Growers Market Monday, some of the 25 volunteers who distributed food and resource packages to eligible Love County families take a bow. They are senior students in the ACT Prep class at Turner High School, and include Kadence Wiley, Jaci Hartman, Josey Cavitt, Braylee Foster, Adison Lee, and Peyton Abernathy. At back are Feed the...
400 Love County Families To Receive Holiday Food Packages
Thursday, December 14th, 2023
Marietta, OK (Dec. 14, 2023) - Mercy Health Love County and Feed the Children, a leading anti-hunger organization, are partnering for a resource rally to distribute food, daily essentials, and resources to 400 pre-identified Love County families Monday, December 18, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Growers Market Building, 466 Legacy Park Lane.
Each participating family will receive a 25-pound box of food such as canned vegetables, cereal, peanut butter, macaroni and cheese, and additional...
Dollar Tree Warehouse and WinStar Casino Turn 20 in 2023
Monday, December 11th, 2023
Dollar Tree Award: Love County Chamber of Commerce President Kendra
Tucker presented a 20-year plaque on September 23, 2023, to Rick Pyron,
General Manager of Dollar Tree’s Marietta Regional Distribution Center.
Two major employers in Love County, Dollar Tree, Inc., and WinStar World Casino and Resort, marked their 20th anniversaries in 2023.
Dollar Tree’s Marietta Regional Distribution Center opened in May 2003 and currently employs 485 people. Carmen Aldaba Chavez, Charlotte Butler,...
In Person or Telephone Help with Medicare
Friday, December 1st, 2023
It's not too late to take action on Medicare during open enrolment Oct 15-Dec 7, 2023.
Seek help at the hospital business office by phone or in person by calling (580) 276-3347.
Seek help exclusively by phone at the Senior Health Line of the Oklahoma Insurance Department 1-800-763-2828.
Online Bill Pay Introduced at Hospital/Clinic
Monday, November 20th, 2023
Patients and family can now pay their hospital and clinic bills online with a credit card or debit card.
Mercy Health Love County business office director Carla Bolton announced the new feature, which opened in October on the MyMercy app.
“Online is a secure and accurate and convenient way to pay a bill,” Bolton said. “It is available 24 hours a day and accepts all major credit and debit cards.”
Previously, credit card payers had to telephone the business office during the workweek and...
Lab Acquires Testing Machine and Is Praised for Maintenance
Friday, November 10th, 2023
Siemens technical application specialists Tony Gregory and Monica Camargo were at the hospital on October 30 to install a brand new laboratory testing machine.
The Siemens Dimension EXL 200 Integrated Chemistry System will be the workhorse of the laboratory, capable of performing more than 400 laboratory tests per hour.
Testing is completely automated. Under the hood of the 750-pound machine, test tubes move through various stations for analysis. A menu of up to 47 tests can be...
Bob Brannan Retires from Board of Control
Sunday, November 5th, 2023
Board Service Recognized: Bob Brannan displays a plaque awarded
on October 30, 2023, for 21 years of service on the Love County
Health Center Board of Control.
The Love County Health Center Board of Control held a retirement reception for longtime member Robert “Bob” Brannan on October 30 in the Community Room of Mercy Health Love County Hospital.
Brannan, age 84, was appointed to the Board in 2002 and served for 21 years prior to stepping down in September.
The five-member Board of...
New COVID Vaccines-- Where To Find Them
Monday, October 30th, 2023
New COVID vaccines are available. These updated vaccines are for everyone six months and older. They are available in a limited way in Marietta and widely in Ardmore and Gainesville.
The vaccines target XBB.1.5, a subvariant of Omicron that dominated the U.S. and the world during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2021 until earlier this year. They also work against currently circulating variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, including BA.2.86, a new subvariant.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Dr. Paslay Tells More About Himself
Monday, October 16th, 2023
Mercy Health Love County has welcomed a new physician. He is Dr. Jordan Paslay, M.D., whose area of practice is family medicine. He began seeing patients on October 16, 2023, in the clinic, as well as in the hospital and emergency room.
“We are very happy to welcome Dr. Paslay,” said Misti Kirk, clinic director. “He is friendly and has excellent experience and training,” Kirk said.
Paslay, age 40, has practiced fulltime for the past 10 years in clinic and hospital settings, most...
Dot Foods Makes Food Donation to Pantry
Monday, October 9th, 2023
Thank you, Dot Foods!
The donation of almost 2,000 pounds of food on October 9, 2023,
is in support of the Falconhead Door to Door Food Drive, which
is going on until the end of October.
This is quite a gift from Dot Foods, and much appreciated.
Frozen, packaged, and canned items were among the goods. All the
foods went out from the pantry the following day, October 10, to
hungry and food insecure individuals and families of Love County.
(Above) First boxes of food bound for the Mercy...
Let our Medicare Volunteers Help You During Open Enrollment
Friday, September 29th, 2023
Medicare enrollment specialists in the business office help people at no charge during Medicare Open Enrollment, October 15-December 7, 2023.
Call for an appointment at (580) 276-3347.
Open Enrollment is when seniors already members of Medicare can change from one plan to another without penalty. The changes become effective on January 1, 2024.
Examples of plan changes are moving from Medicare Advantage back to regular Medicare; changing from one Medicare Advantage Plan to another; or...
Senior Health Fair Set for October 6
Friday, September 22nd, 2023
Visit the Senior Health Fair for health information and health checks, presented by Mercy Health Love County and other agencies. The event is taking place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, October 6, 2023 at the hospital Growers Market on Legacy Park Lane east of the clinic.
The Love County Senior Volunteers are sponsoring the fair and raising funds for their organization through a $10 spaghetti lunch, starting at 11 a.m.
New Hospital Beds Arrive
Friday, August 18th, 2023
“They told me I was the first patient in one of these new beds, and I have slept like a rock,” said Dorothy Cantley on August 14 at Mercy Health Love County Hospital.
“This mattress is comfortable as everything,” she continued. “The nurse said she had checked on me several times in the night and that I was sleeping like a baby every time.”
The patient’s positive assessment is just more good news for the hospital staff. The acquisition of 15 Hill-Rom Centrella Smart+ beds was financed...
Grant Provides for New Hospital Beds
Friday, July 7th, 2023
Artwork depicts the Centrella Smart+
beds on order for Mercy Health Love County
Hospital.
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Upscale new hospital beds are on order for Mercy Health Love County Hospital. Director of Nursing Marie Ross calls them the “Cadillac version” of beds that have been in use since 2006.
Hill-Rom Centrella Smart+ beds soon will arrive, thanks to a grant from the Southern Oklahoma Memorial Foundation (SOMF) in Ardmore. The funds are enabling the...
Dr. Margaret Western Retires
Friday, June 9th, 2023
Dr. Western Ends Career as Accomplished Chemist and M.D.
Ready for Retirement: Margaret “Max” Western, M.D. is seen in her clinic office at Mercy Health Love County last week. She retired from medicine on May 31, 2023.
Spending time with her five grandchildren, ages 18-29, and her 91-year-old mother were happy thoughts of Dr. Margaret “Max” Western, as she closed her office at Mercy Health Love County on May 31 and retired from medicine.
“I will be traveling to Texas to see more of...
Dr. Stacy Goode Joins Hospital and Clinic
Friday, June 2nd, 2023
Welcome, Dr. Stacy Goode!
Dr. Stacy C. Goode, M.D., is a Board-Certified family physician
“Stay humble, work hard, be kind,” reads one of several motivational signs in the office of Dr. Stacy Goode, M.D. The family doctor has joined Mercy Health Love County. She will see patients in the clinic, hospital, and emergency department.
Her first day in Marietta was May 22, 2023, and she liked what she calls her “new home.”
“I am blessed to be here in this position,” Dr. Goode said. “I love...
New Respiratory Therapist Joins Hospital
Friday, May 12th, 2023
New Respiratory Therapist: Logan Roberts joined Mercy Health Love County in March 2023.
COVID Sparks a Career in Respiratory Therapy
Mercy Health Love County Hospital welcomed respiratory therapist Logan Roberts in March. She joins respiratory care practitioners Michelle Lively (department head) and Beatriz Trevino.
Respiratory therapists and practitioners work with patients of all ages to help them breathe better.
Roberts underwent intensive student training during college. “We...
New Laboratory Director Joins Hospital
Friday, April 28th, 2023
New Laboratory Director Touts the Profession
And Serves the Community
Medical Laboratory Director John P. Galano of Mercy Health Love County Hospital has an inside tip for good science students and aspiring nurses.
Don’t overlook the laboratory as a great place for a career in healthcare. Laboratory professional is among the 100 best jobs, according to the U.S. News & World Report annual career survey.
Galano knows. He had intended to major in nursing but he changed his mind and...
New Role for Versatile Nurse
Friday, April 7th, 2023
Ten Year Reunion: Griselda “Chela” Santibanez, RN, has been promoted to hospital case manager. She is congratulated by Medical Director Stephen Hutchins, M.D. The nurse’s
first job at Mercy Health Love County was medical assistant in the clinic for Dr. Hutchins in 2013.
Hospital Case Manager Rose Quickly Through Education
Griselda “Chela” Santibanez is the type of Registered Nurse that other RNs point to with pride. “Write about Chela,” they say. “She is our case manager.”
(The...
Hospital Support Tax Passes by 93%
Wednesday, February 15th, 2023
Prayer Answered: Hospital CNA Laura Beck held up an election flyer at the nurse’s station last week to express her hope for the outcome of the hospital sales tax election February 14.
County voters showed love for their hospital on Valentine’s Day, February 14. By a 93% margin, they renewed a one-cent sales tax for 10 years to equip and maintain the Love County Health Center.
The results were 335 Yes votes and 23 No votes. The proposition passed overwhelmingly at all 10 voting...
Help In a Hurry Proves Value of Local Healthcare
Thursday, February 9th, 2023
High-Level Help: Mercy Health Love County EMS summoned two air ambulances to transport seriously-injured patients after a multi-vehicle pile-up at mile marker 14 on I-35 on February 3. Behind the EMS ambulance, north-bound traffic was backed up all the way to the Red River bridge.
Travelers on I-35 and local residents can be thankful for Love County emergency response. Area firefighters and hospital medics delivered high-level assistance at pile-ups between the Red River and Marietta last...
