For Immediate Release

February 3, 2004

Healdton Municipal Hospital

Adds Weekend Physician Coverage

Healdton —Healdton Municipal Hospital has added 24-hour physician coverage on the weekends. Doctors Ynal Bik, Mark Newey and Stephen Treadwell will provide emergency room coverage from 8 p.m. Friday to 8 p.m. Sunday.

“We are excited about having physicians here to cover the weekends,” said Rick Pack, hospital administrator. “Not only does it help us in our continuum of quality care effort but it is encouraging to see the doctors serve the community in this way.” Healdton’s emergency room will continue to operate 24 hours a day, Monday through Friday.

“The hospital administrators, staff and physicians are all committed to making this emergency room the best that it can be,” said Pack. “With more than 300 patients a month coming through the emergency room, we understand that the wait can sometimes be a little long. We want to assure the community that we are doing everything we can to reduce those times and still maintain a level of care that is second to none.”

Healdton Municipal Hospital is managed by Mercy Memorial Health Center—a member of Mercy Health System of Oklahoma and the Sisters of Mercy Health System-St. Louis.

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