Lenoir Hospital Foundation recently provided $71,405 for 2023 funding to support UNC Health Lenoir projects. Seven special projects were funded enhancing patient and overall community health.
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UNC Lenoir Health Care announces passing of long-time CEO Gary Black
UNC Lenoir Health Care is saddened to announce that long-time CEO, Gary Black, died suddenly this morning in Raleigh. Gary came to Lenoir Memorial Hospital in 1985 as its Chief Financial Officer and was promoted to President and CEO in 1992. He retired from LMH/UNC Lenoir Health Care in June 2018.
Nearly all staff in state operated healthcare facilities fully vaccinated
Nearly all 10,000 employees at state-operated healthcare facilities are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and compliant with a mandatory vaccination requirement, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. The department’s Division of State Operated Healthcare Facilities (DSOHF), a state-operated health care system comprised of 14 facilities, moved to mandatory COVID-19 vaccination in July.
LCC Medical Assisting students making history
Lenoir Community College senior medical assisting students did not know that they would soon be a part of making history when they first enrolled in the program just months before a global pandemic.
John Hood: Reduce health cost, not just price
Through its own regulations, North Carolina restricts the availability of medical services and, as a result, inflates the cost of those services. Rather than looking for ways to redistribute that inflated cost to taxpayers, state policymakers should try deflating it.
John Hood: Will you take the vaccine?
Despite the current spike in COVID-19 infections and deaths, there is good news on the not-so-distant horizon. Three effective vaccines are in the pipeline. Some North Carolinians — those battling coronavirus on the frontlines as well as those put at greatest risk by infection — will being vaccinated in the coming weeks.
Gov. Cooper addresses disproportionate impact of COVID-19
Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed Executive Order 143 to addresses the social, environmental, economic, and health disparities in communities of color that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Order directs state agencies and offices to provide targeted measures to help communities of color that have been affected by the pandemic.
F-15E Flyover at UNC Lenoir Health Care
ICYMI: Watch the F-15E flyover at UNC Lenoir Health Care. The flyover in eastern NC was dedicated to our healthcare employees and emergency services personnel on the front lines of COVID-19.
Mike Parker: May the Lord bless, protect healthcare providers and first responders
Many are paying heaps of lip-service to the unselfish and heroic behavior of those who are serving during the current health care crisis and its uncertainty. I cannot help but wonder how many of us truly understand the sacrificial nature of the work doctors, nurses, nursing assistants, and first responders are doing: the long hours, the constant vigilance, the unending possibility of exposure to themselves and their families.
Video: New Orleans doctor joins live Coronavirus Chat with Dr. Pradeep and BJ Murphy
Watch Neuse News Publisher BJ Murphy as he welcomed Dr. Pradeep from Kinston and Dr. Leonard Glade from New Orleans. Dr. Glade discussed the challenges COVID-19 is presenting to Louisiana, its medical professionals, citizens and medical supplies. Then Dr. Pradeep took questions from our Facebook Live audience.
Sen. Jim Perry: State audit reveals $800 million in overpayments
Beth Wood, the auditor, said that of “the $800 million [the companies] are sitting on, there hasn’t been any – very little I’ll say – reinvestment or help to those sitting on a waitlist.”
Legislative roundup for week of Feb. 18-21
A look at activity in the General Assembly this week.
Veterans Home in Kinston named best by U.S. News and World Report
The state veterans home in Kinston has earned a prestigious honor.
Letter to the Editor: N.C. Jim Perry (R-Lenoir) on the 'health care hurricane'
N.C. Sen. Jim Perry on an impending storm of sorts.
Adverse childhood experiences can affect us as adults
Negative things that happened to us when we were children can affect us as adults.