Outpatient Surgery at Our Health Clinic

Outpatient Surgery at Our Health Clinic

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Regardless of whether or not you need to stay in the hospital overnight after your surgery, these experiences are nonetheless scary and require experienced surgeons. At Rawlins County Health Center, our physicians and staff want to ensure you that we provide compassionate and thorough care that you can trust. We have completed countless successful treatments and you can feel confident that you’re getting the best with us.

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Some examples or outpatient procedures and surgeries provided at RCHC are:

  • Colonoscopies

  • EGD

  • Minor Excisions

  • And Others

Outpatient Surgery at Our Health Clinic

Outpatient surgery, also known as ambulatory surgery, same-day surgery or day surgery, is surgery that does not require an overnight hospital stay. The term “outpatient” arises from the fact that surgery patients may go home and do not need an overnight hospital. Patients may go home after being released following surgery and time spent in the recovery room.

The services provided can be generally called procedures. In simple terms, outpatient-qualified procedures can be considered procedures that are more intensive than those done in the average doctor’s office but not so intensive as to require a hospital stay. Some examples or outpatient procedures and surgeries provided at RCHC are colonoscopies, endoscopies, excisions, and gallbladder surgery to name a few. Patients should check with their physician for all information covering preparation for outpatient procedures.

Meet our Outreach Professionals...

Rawlins County Health Center is proud to introduce our Outreach Health Care Professionals.

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Dr. Brenda Kopriva

Dr. Brenda Kopriva is board certified by the American Board of Surgery. She graduated from K-State University and then attended The University of Kansas School of Medicine. Her areas of interest/specialties include General Surgery: Endoscopy (EGD & Colonoscopy) ~ Breast Biopsies ~ Thyroid Biopsies. Brenda and her husband Jim live in Atwood. They have three children: Nathan, Adam and Marissa. She enjoys chasing her three children around, helping out on the farm, water and snow skiing.

Dr. Charles Frankum

Dr. Frankum graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in 1995. He continued his medical training in General Surgery and Colorectal Surgery fellowship in Atlanta GA. He moved to Denver, CO in 2001 and began practice.  Outreach to rural hospitals became the primary focus of his career and by 2004 he was practicing in multiple hospitals along the Kansas and Colorado border. Over the last 20 years he has worked in 15 different rural hospitals and is still actively practicing in 10 of them including 2 Denver hospitals.