By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Carey Lake has been the nurse practitioner and general care practitioner at the Medicine Bow Health Center since the end of 2021.

He took the job thinking he would be there forever. Hanna, Wyoming was where he and his wife Peggy, planned to retire.

It was not to be.

By Mike Armstrong

Writer, Carbon County Comet

7/29/2023

Classic Air Medical (CAM) has good news for Carbon County residents. When a resident is life-flighted out by CAM, the cost charged by CAM will be $250.

There was a time when CAM had a subscription service available which was very reasonable for residents. That was changed a couple of years ago.

By Mike Armstrong    

Writer, Carbon County Comet

7/15/2023

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

The Memorial Hospital of Carbon County (MHCC) in Rawlins has been facing down a reputation from the past, earned roughly 25 years ago, which has made some Carbon County residents nervous about going there for emergency services or operations.

The hospital was not perceived as modern or with good medical personnel for several decades.

Press Release    

North Platte Valley Medical Center

North Platte Valley Medical Center (NPVMC) announces the successful completion of its new accreditation process awarded by DNV.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

The Memorial Hospital of Carbon County (MHCC) is a medical facility that has some of the best equipment money can buy to diagnose and treat patients with certain diseases.

Press Release

North Platte Valley Medical Center

A free dementia education event is coming to Saratoga this month. The public is invited to attend the presentation called “Understanding Brain Changes & Dementia” at the Platte Valley Community Center on August 21st at 2 p.m. The event is hosted by the North Platte Valley Medical Center and the UW - Wyoming Center on Aging.