Students, along with teacher Angie Weikle, from the Boone Career and Technical Center (BCTC) were given a tour of Boone Memorial Hospital on Friday, April 13th by Public Relations and Marketing Director, Karlie Belle Price. Representatives from various departments shared hands-on medical practices and personal experience on specific health professional roles and careers including, Laboratory (Debbie Randant-Director, Kim Lowe-Assistant Director, Sheryl Conley), Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy (Mike Elliot, Physical Therapist), Radiology (James Walker, Radiologic Technician), Surgery, Inpatient/Floor (Chase Johnston-Physician Assistant Student at Alderson Broaddus) and Emergency Room (Br
Boone Memorial Hospital in Madison, WV held a CORE (Center for Organ Recovery & Education) Ceremony on April 9th to raise awareness about organ, tissue and cornea donation, and to inspire everyone during Donate Life Month to be a hero — to be an organ donor. “Our close collaboration with CORE sets the gift of life in motion,” said Virgil Underwood, Boone Memorial Hospital CEO. “That process starts with creating a culture of donation within our hospital and includes being donation champions — raising awareness about the vital importance of registering as organ, tissue and cornea donors.” Past organ recipients and donor families shared their heart warming stories and encouraged hospital employ
Raising awareness in an effort to register more organ, tissue and cornea donors PITTSBURGH, April 2, 2018 – Nationally, 115,000 people are waiting for an organ transplant, including 2,500 in western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. At least 20 will die each day without receiving the transplant they so desperately need. Someone is added to the transplant waiting list every 10 minutes. Boone Memorial Hospital in Madison, WV is pleased to join the Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) to raise awareness about organ, tissue and cornea donation, and to inspire everyone during Donate Life Month to be a hero — to be an organ donor. “Donate Life Month provides an opportunity to remind ourselve
