ROWLETT – The first baby born in 2012 at Lake Pointe Medical Center was Corey Bryland Blackshear, the third child of Shanitra Barton and Corey Blackshear of Garland. He was born Jan. 3, at 8:13 am, and weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz. and was 20” long. Presenting a basket of goodies to the family on behalf [...]

(The Dallas Morning News) ROWLETT – A Rowlett woman says that she contracted a potentially deadly blood infection while waiting overnight at a hospital for doctors to remove a fetus that had died. Because of what she calls negligent care, Mashell Darden says she receives dialysis three days a week, has had two strokes, brain [...]

Lake Pointe Medical Center in Rowlett has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for certification as a Primary Stroke Center. According to Marketing Manager Bobby Montgomery, the certification was earned after undergoing an on-site evaluation and demonstrating compliance with nationally developed standards for stroke care. “By achieving certification as a Primary Stroke Center, [...]

By J.J. Smith. Lake Pointe Medical Center in Rowlett wrapped up their community-wide “Adopt a Solder for the Holidays” campaign Dec. 13 by sending 76 care packages to one employee and three relatives of employees who are currently deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. The packages are filled with food and personal items ranging from shampoo, [...]

By J.J. Smith. For the past 10 days, Lake Pointe Medical Center in Rowlett has been conducting a community-wide “Adopt a Soldier for the Holidays” program for soldiers currently deployed in Iraq & Afghanistan. Today hospital staff & volunteers are emptying donation boxes and repackaging boxes which community residents have filled with hundreds of food [...]

By J.J. Smith. Christmas ’tis the season for giving. Now you and your family can help send holiday care packages to nearly 150 American soldiers in far-away places like Afghanistan or Iraq thanks to the “Adopt A Soldier For The Holidays” program, currently underway at Lake Pointe Medical Center in Rowlett and at Texas Regional [...]

Rockwall/Rowlett Neighbors Go. Katie and Jeff Patterson’s daughter didn’t cry when she was born July 21 at Lake  Pointe Medical Center in Rowlett. The Sachse couple thought their daughter, Avery, who was born at 37 weeks, the threshold to be considered full-term, was just a mellow baby. But the medical staff became concerned about her [...]

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA — Lake Pointe Medical Center, Rowlett’s 112-bed acute care hospital, has been recognized for service excellence under the J.D. Power and Associates Distinguished Hospital Program. The distinction acknowledges a strong commitment by Lake Pointe Medical Center to provide “an outstanding maternity experience,” according to Kevin Lieb, senior director of provider programs at J.D. [...]

As the afternoon rainstorms moved east across the Metroplex, strong winds toppled a large tree onto power lines in east Rowlett on Scenic Drive, just west of Lake Ray Hubbard, leaving Lake Pointe Medical Center Hospital and hundreds of residents without power. Click here to read this complete Rockwall Co. Herald Banner story.