Patient portalAug 28, 2014
Throwback Thursday: 'Hosptials Fun?' - Casper Journal, Aug. 30, 1979
Click to enlarge. Can hospitals be fun? The Aug. 30, 1979, Casper Journal posed that question as a front-page teaser to an article about our Snoopy parties ... More »
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Aug 21, 2014
Throwback Thursday: 'Casper gets her hospital' - Aug. 31, 1910
#ThrowbackThursday is a weekly series celebrating Wyoming Medical Center’s long and rich history in Natrona County. This post was adapted from "Wyoming Medical Center: A Centennial History" ... More »
Aug 14, 2014
Throwback Thursday: Rise of the pantsuit: For 1971 nurses, it was 'infinitely preferable to the mini'
In 1971, patients of Natrona County Memorial Hospital got a front-line view to a major societal shift: The rise of the women's pantsuit. And it was a big ... More »
Aug 7, 2014
Throwback Thursday: Employee picnic, summer 1980
#ThrowbackThursday is a weekly series celebrating Wyoming Medical Center’s long and rich history in Natrona County. Special thanks to the Casper College Western History Center which archives ... More »
Jul 31, 2014
Throwback Thursday: Ben and Hoss Cartwright create 'Bonanza' in children's ward - Aug. 4, 1961
Morning Star, Aug. 5, 1961 In August 1961, the Central Wyoming Fair and Nite Rodeo scored two of the biggest television stars of the time: Lorne Greene ... More »
Jul 24, 2014
Throwback Thursday: How John Wayne's 'Hellfighters' helped WMC buy this Circ-O-Electric bed - July 11, 1968
In July 1968, a Circ-O-Electric bed cost $1,400. Supposedly good for patients with back injuries, the Soroptomists Club of Casper spent two years raising money for the ... More »
Jul 17, 2014
Throwback Thursday: X-Ray Dept. Space Is Same, Load Zooms Up - Casper Morning Star, July 17, 1964
Casper Morning Star, July 17, 1964 Click to enlarge. In 1963, Memorial Hospital of Natrona County's radiology department performed 20,900 procedures, 12,000 more than it performed in ... More »
Jul 10, 2014
Throwback Thursday: Getting voters to the polls - via ambulance, July 12, 1953
Casper Tribune Herald, July 12, 1953. (Click to enlarge.) This newspaper ad says voters will get a $5 million hospital for the cost of $1 million by ... More »
Jul 3, 2014
Throwback Thursday: Parade Day 1970, 1971
Looking forward to Parade Day 2014, we offer these flash backs to Parade Day 1970 and 1971. The hospital's candy stripers - high school volunteers nicknamed for their ... More »
Jun 26, 2014
Throwback Thursday: These 1950s-era patient rooms show how far we've come
If you haven't noticed, we're excited about the opening of our new McMurry West Tower this September. The tower will modernize our lobby and make our patient rooms ... More »
Jun 19, 2014
Throwback Thursday: Volunteer gets 2,000 hour pin, June 15, 1977
Our volunteer program began as the Hospital Auxiliary in 1953. Twenty-four years later, on June 15, 1977, a Casper paper wrote a story about Miss Kathleen Hemry who ... More »
Jun 12, 2014
Throwback Thursday: By 1953, 'Old Garland' had cooked 3.5 million meals. But a cute name couldn't save her.
In June 1953, the hospital’s stove was somewhat of a local celebrity. “Old Garland,” as the kitchen staff called her, was all but cooked out when the ... More »