What started out as a typical day on June 27th for the Inpatient floor at Boone Memorial Hospital turned out to be anything but. Little did hospital employees know they would plan a wedding. Dr. Elizabeth Sweet explained that patient Paul Baire and his ex-wife, Sandra Mullins Baire, had been together since the age of 18 and his last wish was for them to be remarried. "When Ms. Baire told me they wanted to get married but were running out of time I told my co-workers and everyone wanted to help. So we all started working together as a team to make it happen," said Dr. Sweet. Melissa Price, Family Nurse Practitioner, contacted the hospital Dietary Department who immediately jumped into action
Boone Memorial Hospital opened its Black Lung Center in February and in less than 4 months tested its 100th patient, Randall Light of Chapmanville. The BMH Black Lung Center offers assistance completing Federal Black Lung claims, conducts testing and B-Read chest X-Rays (specific to black lung), PFT’s (Pulmonary Function Testing), EKG, Exercise Stress Test and a complete physical by one of four pulmonologists; Dr. Dominic Gaziano, Dr. Anil Agarwal, Dr. Esther Ajjarapu or Dr. Jeffrey Werchowski. “It’s such a convenient drive,” said Light. “I drove to Norton, Virginia several years ago for the same tests. It took over 5 hours drive to Norton from Chapmanville and back and over 6 hours that day
