‘They love them as their own’
Regional One NICU marks 50 years delivering and saving lives
Nurse Brandi Hammons helps 3-day-old Rodarius Hollins clear his lungs during treatment in October at Regional One Health's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Since opening in 1968, the hospital's NICU has treated over 45,000 premature babies. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Nurse Nikki Hannegan spends a quiet moment with one of her tiny patients in October at Regional One Health's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Nurse Rachelle Bishop (center) gets help from several colleagues while treating a newly admitted infant In October at Regional One Health's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Nurse Brandi Hammons helps 3-day-old Rodarius Hollins clear his lungs during treatment in October at Regional One Health's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Nurse Rachelle Bishop talks with a colleague while treating a newly admitted infant in October at Regional One Health's neonatal intensive care unit. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Nurse Brandi Hammons helps 3-day-old Rodarius Hollins clear his lungs during treatment in October at Regional One Health's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Amanda Bass carves pumpkins with her 1-year-old son Owen and the rest of their family at their Collierville home in November Amanda had a high-risk pregnancy at Regional One because of chronic health conditions and delivered her son at 28 weeks. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
“They are family," Amanda Bass says of some of the Regional One Health NICU nurses who cared for her and her son Owen, who was born there and will turn 2 in February. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
David (left) and Amanda Bass carve pumpkins with their 1-year-old son Owen and the rest of their family at their Collierville home on Nov. 2, 2018. Amanda had a high risk pregnancy at Regional One because of chronic health conditions and delivered her son at 28 weeks. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Michelle Corbet
Michelle Corbet covers business for The Daily Memphian. Prior to, she was a reporter at the Memphis Business Journal. A native Memphian and University of Memphis graduate, Michelle covered business in Conway, Arkansas after college. Michelle got her start covering business as an intern at The Commercial Appeal.
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