ToRCH Be Well Advisory Board awards grants to area organizations

The ToRCH Be Well Advisory Board, which formed in January, recently awarded nearly $240,000 to four local community-based organizations. The organizations receiving funding include Pettis County Health Center, Pillars of Pettis County, Compass Health Network and Bothwell Regional Health Center. Allison Brosch, Dean of Health Sciences at State Fair Community College and chair of the…

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Experienced nurse practitioner joins Bothwell Ear, Nose & Throat

Liz Kessler, FNP-BC

Liz Kessler, a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner, has joined Bothwell Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) and will care for patients of all ages. As a nurse practitioner, Kessler will diagnose, treat and evaluate patients who have ear, nose and throat disorders. She can also order diagnostic tests, provide health promotion education, assist in ENT surgeries,…

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Bothwell Auxiliary awards three health care scholarships

Three $2,500 scholarships were recently awarded to area health care students by the Bothwell Auxiliary. Scholarships were given to Elisa French, Rachel Gammill and Jennifer Owen. French lives in Knob Noster and plans to enroll in the Licensed Practical Nursing program at State Fair Community College. Gammill, Sedalia, is a Certified Medical Assistant at Bothwell…

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Learn life-saving skills in a day; next CPR/AED class Sept. 14

Bothwell Regional Health Center will offer Community CPR/AED and First Aid courses on Saturday, Sept. 14 in the Bothwell Education Center at 600 E. 14th St. The CPR/AED class is from 8 am to 12:30 pm. The course teaches participants how to provide CPR to an adult, child or infant and how to use an…

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Bothwell’s family doctors help fill maternal access gap

Misty Todd, MD headshot

When I appear before my patients in scrubs in clinic after spending the night at the hospital delivering a baby, I commonly hear them say, “I had no idea you did all of those things!” Specializing in family medicine means I have been trained in a wide range of medical management inside and outside of…

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Wear Red for Women donates AED to Sedalia Area Farmers’ Market

Wear Red for Women, a Bothwell Foundation committee, recently gave an automated external defibrillator (AED) to the Sedalia Area Farmers’ Market (SAFM), which operates at Nucor Pavilion on the Missouri State Fairgrounds. An AED is a small, lightweight device that allows individuals and first responders to treat sudden cardiac arrest. The machine automatically analyzes the…

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Fall sports injury clinics start Aug. 24

For the seventh year, Bothwell Regional Health Center and Bothwell Peak Sport & Spine are offering free Saturday morning injury clinics for student-athletes beginning Aug. 24. Dr. Evan Stout, orthopedic surgeon at Bothwell Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, is the clinic’s attending physician who examines athletes and provides care recommendations. Dr. Dalton Lohsandt, family and sports…

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Wear Red for Women donates AED to Pettis County Clerk’s Office

Wear Red for Women, a Bothwell Foundation committee, recently gave an automated external defibrillator (AED) to the Pettis County Clerk’s Office. An AED is a small, lightweight device that allows individuals and first responders to treat sudden cardiac arrest. The machine automatically analyzes the heart rhythm and when appropriate, it delivers an electrical shock to…

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New physician joins Bothwell Regional Health Center

Eduard Rasputkov DO

Eduard Rasputkov, DO, a family medicine physician, has joined the Bothwell Regional Health Center medical team and will provide primary care as well as Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) for adults and children of all ages. Dr. Rasputkov completed a one-year fellowship in Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri, and his…

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