By:  Heather Bazley

Posted:  Aug 3, 2025 / 4:23 PM CDT

Updated:  Aug 3, 2025 / 5:34 PM CDT

BAY COUNTY, Florida (WMBB)

Anchor – Heather Bazley (WMBB)

A Cancer diagnosis can be life changing and for many the first thought is to search far and wide for the best care.  But, one local patient discovered advanced treatment and unexpected support close to home.  News 13’s Heather Bazley shows us how one local medical center is offering more than just medicine.   It’s offering real connection and real results.

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) –  For Paul, this moment came after 45 days of treatment at Hope Regional Medical Center in Lynn Haven. The sound marked the end of his cancer battle.

“When I was seen in Chipley and I got my biopsy, my cancer. I had it in my throat. I left that office up there, and I was standing in front of that window over there within the hour, and they just took me right in,” cancer survivor Paul said.

Paul found not only high-quality care but a team that made him feel supported every single step of the way, especially Dr. Hasan Murshed, the physician who guided his treatment.

“It’s the people here. That’s the journey. You can go back there and videotape the same equipment that’s at any cancer center, but that’s not what makes this place work. It’s the people that make this place work. The Expertise, the professionalism, I can just call them professionals, but I call them my friends, Paul said.

After just 45 days of targeted treatment, Paul walked out cancer-free. 

Two years later, he still checks in, not for appointments but to visit.

“He is indeed a special person. He came in with a left neck mass and left tonsil cancer. And of course, we did imaging and further workups to make sure this localized in the head and neck area. It was fortunately. So he then qualified for chemo, radiation therapy, and we proceeded with chemo and radiation treatment for his left tonsil cancer,” Radiation Oncologist Dr. Hasan Murshed said.

The center has been recognized as the only facility in Bay County to receive full accreditation from the American College of Radiology in radiation oncology. It earned its fourth consecutive full accreditation, a national recognition that highlights safety, quality, and excellence in patient care.

“Ringing that bell over there, hanging on that wall, that’s what everybody’s looking for when they’re told that you got cancer. It’s that bell over there that you look at every day,”

Murshed said Paul remains cancer-free today.

Hope Regional Medical Center hopes more patients will realize healing might be closer than they think.

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