Top baby names of 2022 at Bothwell Regional Health Center

The list of top names for babies born at Bothwell Regional Health Center in 2022 includes classics and new selections. Five girl and five boy names hold the title of most popular compiled from the list of the 413 babies born through Dec. 26 at Bothwell. The most popular girl names were Amelia, Cora, Mackenzie,…

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Bothwell Foundation presents life-saving AED to Smithton Youth Sports Complex

Wear Red for Women, a Bothwell Foundation committee, recently gave an automated external defibrillator (AED) to the Smithton Youth Sports Complex located south of Sedalia on Highway TT. 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…

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John H. Bothwell Hospital Trust makes donation to Bothwell

On Dec. 12, representatives for the John H. Bothwell Hospital Trust presented a check for $35,250.56 to Bothwell Regional Health Center. John H. Bothwell lived from 1848 to 1929 and established the charitable trust in 1926 that helped build the John H. Bothwell Memorial Hospital. Today, the trust retains three trustees and through investment practices…

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Bothwell announces clinic holiday hours

In observance of Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, all Bothwell Regional Health Center clinics will be closed Monday, Dec. 26, and all clinics, except Bothwell Walk In Clinic, will be closed Monday, Jan. 2. The Bothwell Walk In Clinic, located on the first floor of the Healing Arts Center at 3700 W. 10th Street,…

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Public invited to first Community Fitness Night

The medical staff at Bothwell Regional Health Center will host a free community fitness night from 6 to 9 pm Dec. 29 at Heckart Community Center. The public is invited to attend to use the facility and learn about health topics. There are almost 100 members of the medical staff, which includes physicians and advanced…

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Bothwell Regional Health Center receives nearly $1.1 million grant

Bothwell Regional Health Center has received a nearly $1.1 million grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Residency Planning and Development Program. Funds will be used to create a single site for Bothwell’s three Sedalia family medicine clinics, as well as for medical student and resident teaching, at Bothwell’s Healing Arts…

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Bothwell announces clinic Thanksgiving clinic hours

All Bothwell Regional Health Center clinics, except the Walk In Clinic, will be closed Thursday, Nov. 24 for Thanksgiving. The Walk In Clinic, located on the first floor of the Healing Arts Center at 3700 W. 10th Street, will be open 10 am to 4 pm on Thanksgiving Day, have shortened hours of 7 am…

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New nurse practitioner joins Bothwell’s Warsaw clinic

Karen Walters, MSN-FNPBC, BSN, RN

Karen Walters, a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner, has joined Bothwell Health Center-Truman Lake in Warsaw and will care for patients of all ages. As a nurse practitioner, Walters will provide patient care under the guidance and supervision of a collaborating physician. She can evaluate and treat illnesses and injuries, order and interpret labs and tests,…

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Bothwell CEO elected to Missouri Hospital Association board

Lori Wightman headshot

Bothwell Chief Executive Officer Lori Wightman has been elected to the Missouri Hospital Association (MHA) Board of Trustees for a three-year term that begins Jan. 1, 2023. MHA President and CEO Jon Doolittle said Wightman currently serves on the MHA Board of Trustees as an appointment to complete a vacated position that ends Dec. 31,…

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Bothwell Foundation presents AED to SFCC for Thompson Conference Center

The Bothwell Foundation recently presented an automated external defibrillator (AED) to State Fair Community College for its Thompson Conference Center that is used by the college and the public. An AED is a small, lightweight device that allows individuals and first responders to treat sudden cardiac arrest by delivering a shock to the victim’s chest,…

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