Yuma Regional Medical Center News

An emergency responder from the Yuma Fire Department looks inside of a rolled vehicle at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and 8th Street Monday afternoon where a two-vehicle collision sent one female victim to Yuma Regional Medical Center for treatment.

Buy this photo at Photos.YumaSun.com PHOTO BY JOSH PECKLER/YUMA SUN Having no health insurance can really cause a lot of stress once the bills start to add up.

Eleven Immaculate Conception School students were transported to Yuma Regional Medical Center as a precaution after being exposed to a fire extinguisher discharge Wednesday morning.

Yuma police investigate a shooting that took place this morning in the 1900 block of Walnut Avenue.

Lyle Randall Sorenson, 89, passed away on December 30, 2011 while wintering in Arizona at Yuma Regional Medical Center after struggling with wet Macular Degeneration and Pulmonary Disease.

Rural/Metro firefighters were called to the scene of a vehicle rollover Sunday afternoon on the levee road at about Ave 3E.

Buy this photo at Photos.YumaSun.comPHOTO BY CRAIG FRY/YUMA SUN Griselda Brown, a Registered Nurse at Yuma Regional Medical Center, checks a patient's vital signs during a recent shift in the Intensive Care Unit.

Sevanna Power from Carpe Diem Middle School accepts her award for winning the over all best science project during the Yuma County Science Expo awards ceremony at Kofa High School Thursday night.

Yuma is fortunate to have two superb medical facilities . I was in both after surgery in March and received excellent care.

Tidal Casteel Sharples, held by his mother Frances and father Frank, was born Tuesday at 6:24 a.m. and is the first baby born using Yuma Regional Medical Center's new e-records known as YRMCCare.

Pat Walz, chief executive officer at Yuma Regional Medical Center, speaks to members of the media during a press conference Tuesday where it was announced that the change to electronic patient records, known as YRMCCare, occurred shortly after 6 a.m. without incident.

You may not notice anything particularly different about the hospital if you need to go in today for care, but a major change is under way.