Monday, August 10, 2026

BCMH receives Gold Award for stroke response and treatment


In rural areas like ours, patients face unique needs and social risk factors. We’re proud to receive the @AmericanStroke Get With The Guidelines - Stroke Rural Recognition Gold award for our efforts to give stroke patients in Bates County the best possible chance of recovery and survival.
Pictured in the Emergency Department’s Trauma Room are members of the Bates County Memorial Hospital team whose work contributed to the hospital’s recognition with the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Rural Recognition Gold award. From left: Tawni Norbury, RN; Dr. Shyam Akkulugari, ED physician; Dr. Benjamin Crary, hospitalist and ED/EMS medical director; Troy Trumbore, RN, ED supervisor; and Jennifer Klinksick, RN, chief nursing officer.


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