Covid-19 virus

A tent used as an overflow waiting area is shown in front of the emergency room entrance at Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton Tuesday. CARL LEWIS/LEDGER PHOTO

A tent used as an overflow waiting area is shown in front of the emergency room entrance at Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton Tuesday. CARL LEWIS/LEDGER PHOTO

Out of room, CCMH erects OSDH emergency overflow tent

Tim Farley
Thursday, September 9, 2021
LAWTON — COVID-19 cases have increased more than 3000% at Comanche County Memorial Hospital since the end of July, prompting state and local officials to erect a large tent to be used as an additional emergency room waiting area for the foreseeable future.
District 5 Southwest Oklahoma COVID-19 Vaccine Administration

District 5 Southwest Oklahoma COVID-19 Vaccine Administration

Health officials keep up vax push

Tim Farley
Thursday, July 29, 2021
About 45% of Comanche County residents 12 and older have received the COVID-19 vaccine, but there’s plenty of work to be done, according to a state health official.
A lab at Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton.

A lab at Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton.

COVID cases rise, straining hospital staff

Michael Kinney
Thursday, November 19, 2020
LAWTON – With a rising infection rate in Oklahoma, Dr. Scott Michener, chief medical officer at Comanche County Memorial Hospital, knew the hospital was scarce for lifesaving equipment and at some point would run out. Nov.
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