Oct 12, 2023 | Team Member Spotlights
For Ellen King, RN, St. Dominic Hospital has been a second home. She feels blessed to have worked there for 40 years. A lot has changed at St. Dominic’s since 1983, the year King started working as a young nurse. While she can’t quite remember her first day, the...
Sep 18, 2023 | Team Member Spotlights
Linda Vanessa Yaul, MSN, an ICU nurse at St. Dominic Hospital, has been with St. Dominic’s for eight and half years. She serves as a preceptor and charge nurse, training new nurses and ensuring her unit runs smoothly. After earning her associate’s degree in nursing...
May 25, 2023 | Patient Stories
Last year, a young mom from Meridian, Mississippi, experienced an uncommon type of stroke, a subarachnoid hemorrhage, and was airlifted to St. Dominic Hospital for treatment at its Comprehensive Stroke Center. Lauren Pogue, now 36, not only survived, but she has...
May 23, 2023 | Team Member Spotlights
Fr. Antony Pappu Chakkalakkal, priest chaplain, shares about his Indian heritage and what Asian American Pacific Islander Month means to him. Fr. Chakkalakkal began as a priest sacramental chaplain at St. Dominic Hospital in July 2019 and became full-time priest...
May 23, 2023 | Neuroscience
Stroke is a leading cause of death in Mississippi and Louisiana, but learning the signs, symptoms and risk factors for stroke can save lives. Ruth K. Fredericks, MD, neurologist and neuro-oncologist who is co-medical director of St. Dominic Hospital’s Comprehensive...
