![Wellington Regional Medical Center Researching Medication To Treat COVID-19](https://www.wellingtonregional.com/sites/wellingtonregional.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/WRMC_Researching_COVID-19_Medication.jpg?itok=rabVKRZk)
August 18, 2020
WRMC is one of six sites in the country currently participating in a phase 2/3 clinical trial of the IV medication Dociparastat Sodium (DSTAT) to determine if it can accelerate recovery and prevent the need for ventilators in patients severely affected by COVID-19.
![COVID-19 Testing Now Available at Wellington Physicians Urgent Care](https://www.wellingtonregional.com/sites/wellingtonregional.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/WRMC_COVID-19_Testing.jpg?itok=dfcuLDUb)
July 22, 2020
Wellington Physicians Urgent Care at Palomino Park, an urgent care center affiliated with Wellington Regional Medical Center, has begun COVID-19 nasal swab testing.
![COVID-19 Antibody Testing Now Available at Wellington Physicians Urgent Care](https://www.wellingtonregional.com/sites/wellingtonregional.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/Wellington_Physicians_Urgent_Care_COVID-19_Antibody_Testing.jpg?itok=0iWiA1Hu)
June 11, 2020
Wellington Physicians Urgent Care at Palomino Park, an urgent care center affiliated with Wellington Regional Medical Center, has begun COVID-19 blood serum testing for the presence of antibodies against COVID-19. To arrange an appointment call 561-333-4000.
![Wellington Regional Resumes Elective Surgeries](https://www.wellingtonregional.com/sites/wellingtonregional.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/surgery.jpg?itok=wNFelhPz)
May 14, 2020
Additional safety protocols have been implemented to better protect patients during their hospitalization.
![Emergency Department](https://www.wellingtonregional.com/sites/wellingtonregional.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/dr-examining-woman_620.jpg?itok=svT5KBvD)
April 27, 2020
Wellington Regional Medical Center urges people to seek emergency care for critical medical conditions.
![Wellington Regional Medical Center Level III NICU Named After Former CEO Kevin DiLallo](https://www.wellingtonregional.com/sites/wellingtonregional.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/DiLallo_pick.jpg?itok=X2yRGp3j)
February 20, 2020
In 2009, Kevin DiLallo, CEO of WRMC at the time, stood in the big, empty space that was the hospital's new level III neonatal intensive care unit and wondered how the hospital was ever going to get enough patients to fill the space. Today, the same unit is being named in his honor.
![Wellington Regional Medical Center Acquires Additional 35 Acres in Westlake for Future Medical Campus](https://www.wellingtonregional.com/sites/wellingtonregional.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/WRMC_Frontexterior_green.jpg?itok=x8Sjbccb)
November 26, 2019
The land is adjacent to a five-acre parcel on which the hospital built a freestanding emergency medical facility that opened to patients in April 2019.
![Wellington regional Medical Center Receives an "A" Rating from Leapfrog Group for Patient Safety for Second Consecutive Cycle](https://www.wellingtonregional.com/sites/wellingtonregional.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/doctor-patient-2_610.jpg?itok=YaqiLZDB)
November 07, 2019
The designation recognizes Wellington Regional’s efforts in protecting patients from harm and providing safer healthcare.
![Kevin Shapiro Board of Governors](https://www.wellingtonregional.com/sites/wellingtonregional.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/Kevin_Shapiro_Wellington_Board_of_Governors.jpg?itok=m6jj4IFC)
October 09, 2019
Shapiro, a local real estate professional and lifelong resident of the Village of Wellington, becomes the 15th member of the hospital’s Board of Governors.
![Wellington Regional Earns Get With The Guidelines® Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award](https://www.wellingtonregional.com/sites/wellingtonregional.com/files/styles/news_listing_thumbs/public/images/news/Wellington%20Get%20With%20The%20Guidelines%20Stroke%20Gold%20Plus%20Quality%20Achievement%20Award.jpg?itok=LlWnKx0t)
June 27, 2019
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association honors hospital for its commitment to stroke treatment.