Baptist Tipton hosts retirement reception for county’s first OB/GYN

More than 150 hospital staff and community members attended a retirement celebration for Dr. Jiunn Ho, an OB/GYN who practiced in Tipton County for 37 years.

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Dr. Jiunn Ho

Dr. Ho was the first OB/GYN to practice in Tipton County and spent his entire career serving patients in West Tennessee. He was the first physician to use fetal monitoring, ultrasound, amniocentesis, fetal scalp Ph., laparoscopy, and laser surgery at Baptist Tipton. During his career, Dr. Ho delivered more than 3,000 babies without a fetal loss.

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Dr. Jiunn Ho and Sam Lynd, administrator and CEO of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton

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