In the summer of 1980, photographer Michael Naylor joined Memorial Hospital for its second annual employee picnic, a tradition we celebrate to this day. He published this photo essay in the Casper Journal. More »
Since we weren't able to gather for Parade Day 2020, we offer these flash backs to Parade Day 1970 and 1971. More »
From Jan. 11 through Feb. 21, 1981, we delivered six sets of twins in six weeks. According to reporter Ron Franscell, a seventh set of twins was expected the next week. More »
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. More »
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. More »
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. More »
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. More »
Who was the first baby born in 1960? More »
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?" More »
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. More »
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. More »
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