Muskogee Regional Serves Community With New Capabilities
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Muskogee Regional Medical Center leaders are always looking for new ways to care for the community, and the newest programs and capabilities aim to do exactly that.
Among them was the introduction of an interventional cardiology program, which allows patients to have a wire mesh stent, either bare metal or drug-coated, inserted to relieve a blocked vessel.
“This procedure is available for coronary arteries, carotid arteries and peripheral arteries. This is the first time these procedures have been offered in Muskogee,” says Chris Whybrew, chief operating officer at Muskogee Regional Medical Center. “Having the interventional cardiology program at MRMC means patients and families in the Muskogee region no longer have to travel to Tulsa to have these procedures performed. They can stay in their hometown and be taken care of by our highly trained and qualified physicians and staff.”
In support of the interventional cardiology program, MRMC added an on-site Air Evac helicopter transport service that will benefit the entire region.
“Though complications are very rare – less than 1 percent – they do occur. Having Air Evac here on our campus gives us a rapid transport capability to the nearest hospital with open-heart surgery,” Whybrew says. “They are available for transporting other patients from MRMC to Tulsa when necessary, and more importantly they are here to assist Muskogee County EMS. Muskogee County EMS was instrumental in gaining approval for Air Evac to provide services to the Muskogee community.”
Story by Jessica Mozo
Photo by Staff
