SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Cox Health and St. Louis Children’s Hospital are partnering for a new pediatric outpatient center next to Cox South, bringing more opportunities for children’s healthcare in southwest Missouri.
Danny Perches has a son named Vin, who is a nine-year-old with brittle bone disease, also known as osteogenesis imperfecta. He spoke with Ozarks First about the challenges of getting treatment for Vin that’s close to home.
“There’s some minor things that we are able to do here locally, but for the most part, a lot of that specialized care has to be done outside of the state,” said Perches…