BRAIN PACEMAKER IS LATEST IN SERIES OF HIGH-TECH MEDICAL ADVANCES IN CAPE GIRARDEAU

Medical advancements in Cape Girardeau continue to amaze and impress. Last week, a young mother from Southeast Missouri became the first patient to receive a brain pacemaker. The device implanted in her chest is intended to help prevent seizures.

Dr. Scott Gibbs implanted the device at Southeast Missouri Hospital's Regional Brain and Spine Center. This breakthrough treatment is aimed at patients who don't respond well to anti-seizure medications.

For the patient, the device could make all the difference. She and her husband have two children, but she needs help looking after the children because the has 20 to 24 seizures each day.

Once again, this operation proves that Cape Girardeau doctors are on the cutting edge of medical technology. It underscores the fact Cape Girardeau doesn't have to take a back seat to medical facilities and personnel in St. Louis or Memphis.