 Recently, Pikeville Medical Center's Me Too Children's Hospital was named an official autism center thanks to the efforts from the staff. The certification comes from the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards. Pikeville Medical Center is proud to wear the certification and provide the necessary healthcare required for any child. So with the opening of our Ava Center in 2020, we have seen quite a few rising numbers of children with autism disorder. When we opened the Me Too Children's Hospital in 2021, we wanted to make sure that we were capable and had the skills to take care of all of our patients. My team and I, my managers and I, felt like the way to do this and to better serve our patients would to pursue our autism certification. So we're happy to report that our team has accomplished that task and we feel that we are able to better serve our patients in this community since that number is on the rise. Cancer, it's a very scary word, but an outstanding treatment facility was here at home. I was led to the Lawson Cancer Center. As a nurse practitioner at the Lawson Cancer Center, we are champions for our patients. I am so happy for Robert. The treatment worked. The staff at PMC are more than qualified to care for children on the autistic spectrum. After a child is admitted to the Me Too Children's Hospital, specialists take the necessary steps required to assess their needs. We're seeing more autism patients on different levels. So we want to be able to take care of the patient and their needs. We want to be able to relate to them in the way that is best handled through how to communicate with them, how to manage their pain, and just be able to communicate and get to them on a level that they understand and that the staff can better serve them with. I just want to say I'm extremely proud of, you know, the growth that we've had, especially with dealing with our autism population and the lens that Papal Medical Center has taken to make sure that we're ensuring that all of our patients get the best care possible. And I'm extremely proud of my crew for obtaining this certification. Reporting from Out in Top News, I'm Nick Colum.