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NewsSeptember 11, 1996

SIKESTON -- A long-awaited addition to the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston opened Sunday. The O'Bannon Family Care Center obstetrics unit features four labor, delivery and recovery rooms; one surgical suite, Level I and Level II nurseries, 14 post partum beds and three conference rooms. The unit was named in memory of the late Dr. William N. and Lucille R. O'Bannon...

SIKESTON -- A long-awaited addition to the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston opened Sunday. The O'Bannon Family Care Center obstetrics unit features four labor, delivery and recovery rooms; one surgical suite, Level I and Level II nurseries, 14 post partum beds and three conference rooms. The unit was named in memory of the late Dr. William N. and Lucille R. O'Bannon.

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Welton O'Bannon, the son of the benefactors of the obstetrics unit, also donated 600 acres of agricultural land to the medical center as an addition to the unit.

More than 500 people toured the unit and participated in the celebration Sunday.

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