Ozarks Healthcare announces First Newborn of 2023

Ozarks Healthcare has welcomed its first baby to be born at its Women’s Center in 2023. Brooks Davis entered the world at 3:28 p.m. on January 1. He weighed eight pounds and one ounce and was 20 inches long. Brooks is the son of Chance and Autumn Davis of West Plains.

Brooks was delivered by Dr. Jeffrey Roylance from Burton Creek Rural Clinic. As the first baby born in 2023 at Ozarks Healthcare, Brooks and his family were gifted a basket with several items from Ozarks Healthcare’s Obstetrics (OB) Department, which included clothing, diapers, blankets, toys, and more.

Featuring 20,000 square feet, Ozarks Healthcare’s Women’s Center includes modern labor and delivery rooms, gynecological surgery facilities, and educational spaces. The Women’s Center also houses five labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum rooms, plus one labor and delivery procedure room. Ozarks Healthcare delivers approximately 600 newborns each year.

For more information about Ozarks Healthcare’s Women’s Center or obstetric services, visit https://www.ozarkshealthcare.com/services/womens/.

Ozarks Healthcare is a system of care encompassing primary care and specialty clinics, along with complete rehabilitation, behavioral healthcare, and home health services. While the 114-bed acute care hospital cares for more than 5,400 admissions, the entire health system has more than 364,000 patient visits annually in South Central Missouri and Northern Arkansas. For more information about Ozarks Healthcare, visit www.OzarksHealthcare.com.

Ozarks Healthcare has welcomed its first baby to be born at its Women’s Center in 2023. Brooks Davis entered the world at 3:28 p.m. on January 1. Pictured left to right are Hailey Bunch, Savannah McClune, nurses at Ozarks Healthcare’s Women’s Center, Chance and Autumn Davis, parents, LaDonna Sullivan, nurse at Ozarks Healthcare’s Women’s Center, and Dr. Jeffrey Roylance, Burton Creek Rural Clinic. 

Featuring 20,000 square feet, Ozarks Healthcare’s Women’s Center includes modern labor and delivery rooms, gynecological surgery facilities, and educational spaces. (Patient rooms are pictured.)