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Ozarks Healthcare At Home: Hospice recently honored Lester Grandstaff of Winona, Missouri, for his service in the U.S. Army during World War II with a “We Honor Veterans” ceremony. Grandstaff served as an occupier during his term of service and traveled to Iwo Jima.

The Ozarks Healthcare Foundation is hosting its annual sheet sale through Nov. 19. Proceeds benefit the Foundation’s mission to support Ozarks Healthcare in providing high quality, compassionate healthcare and promote wellness in the communities it serves.

Katie Wilson, Amber Bowman, and Tabitha Young, all registered nurses (RNs) at Ozarks Healthcare, were recently honored with The DAISY Award® For Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation's programs to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform every day. All three nurses were nominated for their rapid response to Ozarks Healthcare’s Women’s Center during a critical time for a patient and family. Wilson, Bowman, and Young were commended for their excellent nursing skill, strength, and compassion shown during the emergency and the comfort and consolement they provided to the patient’s family.

The Ozarks Healthcare Pharmacy will offer booster doses of the Moderna, Pfizer/Comirnaty, and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines to eligible individuals on a walk-in basis on Tuesday, Nov. 2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Friday, Nov. 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pharmacy located at #18 Parkway Center at 1211 Porter Wagoner Blvd. in West Plains.

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we continue to share the importance of mammograms. Having been impacted directly by breast cancer, several of our own staff have decided to share their experiences with us. Following the launch of the Ozarks Healthcare Foundation’s fundraising campaign for a mobile mammography unit, Lora Hand, mental health therapist at the Ozarks Healthcare Behavioral Health Center (BHC), was especially excited to share some of her breast cancer journey in hopes of encouraging others to take the importance of screening seriously.

The Ozarks Healthcare Pharmacy will offer booster doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to eligible individuals on Thursday, Oct. 28, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday, Oct. 29, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Willard Hunter Classroom located in Parkway Center at 1211 Porter Wagoner Blvd. in West Plains.

The Mammoth Spring Church of Christ, located in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, recently gifted miniature refrigerators stocked with beverages to Ozarks Healthcare’s staff for use in an employee rejuvenation area located in Ozarks Healthcare’s hospital.

The West Plains Daily Quill recently presented a donation of $460 to the Ozarks Healthcare Foundation for the Ozarks Healthcare Cancer Treatment Center. The proceeds were donated directly to a fund that helps patients at Ozarks Healthcare’s Cancer Treatment Center who may need assistance with costs related to housing, travel, groceries, utility bills, and more.