Only three months into the year Russell Medical OBGYN Dr. Brian Dix is on track to deliver 300 babies in 2019.
Dix said he has delivered between 60 and 70 babies this year and while that sounds like a lot, the hospital also has patients from Roanoke and Goodwater.
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