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Throwback Thursday: Parade Day - 1970, 1971
By Kristy Bleizeffer Jul 9, 2020
Since we weren't able to gather for Parade Day 2020, we offer these flash backs to Parade Day 1970 and 1971.
Throwback Thursday: March 1910, construction begins on Casper’s first hospital
By Kristy Bleizeffer Mar 12, 2020
Wyoming legislators voted to build the Casper branch of the Wyoming State Hospital in 1909 and construction began in March 1910. Wyoming paid the $22,500 price tag while Natrona County supplied the land.
Throwback Thursday: By 1953, 'Old Garland' had cooked 3.5 million meals
By Kristy Bleizeffer Feb 27, 2020
With the opening this week of our new Interventional Radiology Suite, our old cafeteria is no longer recognizeable to Wyoming Medical Center longtimers. For this Throwback Thursday, we look at another renovation project for the hospital kitchen, this one from 1953 and hospital stove that no longer could.
Throwback Thursday: Candy Stripers throw Valentine's party, Feb. 21, 1970
By Kristy Bleizeffer Feb 13, 2020
Memorial Hospital's 'Candy Stripe girls' threw a Valentine party for the pediatric ward in 1970. Picture in this newspaper photo are Carol Sheets and Debbie Olsen (standing) and Amy Holder and Stephanie Zowada.
Throwback Thursday: Cardiac Cath lab, 1970s
By Kristy Bleizeffer Feb 6, 2020
Cath is medical shorthand for cardiac catheterization, a procedure that utilizes thin, hollow tube called catheters to examine heart function and to look for coronary disease. Physicians can measure pressure and blood flow through your heart by injecting contrast dye through the catheter and taking x-rays to follow the dye's progress through your coronary arteries.
Throwback Thursday: 'C-arm speeds up heart diagnosis,' January 1979
By Kristy Bleizeffer Jan 30, 2020
In January 1979, the Casper Star-Tribune featured the hospital's new C-arm, a state-of-the-art imaging device able to diagnose heart blockages in real time. In 2020, we are preparing to open a new Interventional Radiology Suite that will allow our cardiologists to offer a life-saving heart procedure for the first time in Wyoming.
Throwback Thursday: First twins, 1986 and 1987
By Kristy Bleizeffer Jan 23, 2020
Where are they now? The first twins in 1986 and 1987 came on Jan. 13 and Jan. 20.
Throwback Thursday: Decades of change at Casper's hospital
By Kristy Bleizeffer Jan 16, 2020
Wyoming Medical Center has been serving patients and families from the same location on Second Street as when we opened 11 decades ago. At the start of our 12th decade, we dove through the Wyoming Medical Center collection at Casper College's Western History Center to see how far we've come.
Throwback Thursday: Baby New Year, Jan. 1, 1960
By Kristy Bleizeffer Jan 8, 2020
Who was the first baby born in 1960?
Throwback Thursday: Wyoming Medical Center prepares for Y2K
By Kristy Bleizeffer Dec 31, 2019
Nobody knew exactly what would happen when '99 changed to '00 and the two-digit shorthand that computer programmers used to save memory would no longer make sense. News reports from the time warned that banking systems may fail, power systems could become overwhelmed and communication networks may break down. Time magazine ran a cover with the headline: "The End of the World? Y2K insanity! Apocalypse Now! Will computers melt down? Will society?"
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ThrowbackThursday: A visit from Santa, Dec. 22, 1982
By Kristy Bleizeffer Dec 25, 2019
A hospital stay isn't the easiest way to get a face-to-face with the big guy, but for little Pete Richie, it was highly effective. In this Dec. 22, 1982, photo from the Casper Star-Tribune, Santa is giving the grinning boy his undivided attention.
Throwback Thursday: 'When It's Hospital Chief's Baby, He's Like Any Father' - Dec. 21, 1953
By Kristy Bleizeffer Dec 19, 2019
Hospital Administrator Jim Carr was like any other dad of the time when his wife delivered their third baby on Dec. 21, 1953. Here's how he managed the wait.
Throwback Thursday: Employee Spotlight - David Shutts, December 2001 (Updated)
By Kristy Bleizeffer Dec 12, 2019
In December 2001, Wyoming Medical Center's employee newsletter, "Highlights," featured financial counselor David Shutts in their monthly Employee Spotlight. We tracked down David for an update.
Throwback Thursday: Candy stripers deck the halls, December 1970-ish
By Kristy Bleizeffer Dec 4, 2019
Sometime in December, maybe in the '70s, our candy stripers helped deck the hosptal's halls for the holidays.
Throwback Thursday: 'Hospital Auxiliary Is Helping to Build Up Community Goodwill' - Nov. 25, 1953
By Kristy Bleizeffer Nov 27, 2019
Throwback Thursday: 'Here's What Would Happen in a Disaster,' Sept. 10, 1953
By Kristy Bleizeffer Sep 20, 2018
"Before they go to the polls Tuesday to support or to junk a proposed million-dollar hospital expansion program, Natrona County voters have a right to know how thier hospital would respond to a similar disaster or epidemic call – be it under today's ever-crowded conditions or under conditions of adequacy after expansion." – Tribune-Herald, Sept. 9, 1953
Throwback Thursday: In August 1987, a river race, Miami Vice Seafood Spectacular & Angie the leech
By Kristy Bleizeffer Aug 16, 2018
Summer 1987 was a particularly epic time at Wyoming Medical Center, at least according the WMC employee newsletter, Hi-Lites. The August 1987 issue featured stories about a daring river raft race, winners of the Don Johnson look-a-like contest and a leech nicknamed "Angie" deployed to save a patient's right thumb.
Throwback Thursday: Ben and Hoss Cartwright create 'Bonanza' in children's ward - Aug. 4, 1961
By Kristy Bleizeffer Aug 9, 2018
In August 1961, the Central Wyoming Fair and Nite Rodeo scored two of the biggest television stars of the time: Lorne Greene and Dan Blocker, who starred in the hit "Bonanza" as Ben and Hoss Cartwright, entertained crowds nightly in front of the grandstands. On Aug. 4, they stopped by the children's ward of Natrona County Memorial Hospital.