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Fishing Point Healthcare pauses services for Medicaid patients
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"If you delivered here, we will come to you." | Chesapeake Regional Healthcare relaunches the Mom Mobile
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — According to guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, hospital stays after an uncomplicated vaginal birth are typically about 48 hours, although some mothers and newborns may go home sooner if they meet certain medical criteria. "A few...
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Virginia approves natural gas project despite resistance
The Virginia State Corporation Commission approved the Chesapeake Compressor Station on March 3 despite environmental justice concerns expressed over the past year. Virginia Natural Gas plans on building the Chesapeake Compressor Station, which will ensure the company’s northern customers will receive service in case there is a problem on the Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage pipeline. The compressor station would help push gas through that pipeline.
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Over 120 women join massive unnecessary surgery lawsuit against Chesapeake Regional Medical Center
NORFOLK, Va. - More than 100 additional women have joined a lawsuit against Chesapeake Regional Medical Center and its executives that alleges they allowed an obstetrician and gynecologist to perform unnecessary surgeries on his patients. In two separate lawsuits filed in Chesapeake City Court since Dec. 29, the plaintiffs -...
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Virginia lawmakers demand answers as Chesapeake VA clinic still understaffed, almost a year after opening
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Rep. Bobby Scott and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins had a heated exchange on the Oversight Committee floor on Wednesday. It comes after a January deadline to fully staff the VA's North Battlefield Outpatient Clinic in Chesapeake came and went unanswered. "Are you calling me...
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New Williamsburg clinic expands bleeding disorder care access for Hampton Roads adults
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Adults living with bleeding disorders in Hampton Roads now have a new option for specialized care without the long drive many people have faced for years. Last fall, VCU Health launched a new adult bleeding disorders quarterly clinic at VCU Health at William & Mary in...
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Naval Medical Center Portsmouth spearheads “Stop the Bleed” training as a Level II Trauma Center
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Uncontrolled bleeding is the leading cause of death resulting from injury. In the critical moments after a traumatic injury, any bystander can become a lifeline. That is the core principle behind the “Stop the Bleed” training initiatives being provided by Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) trauma center personnel.
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Sentara Leigh Hospital prepares for winter blast
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The state Department of Health reported 3,400 Virginians visited the emergency department suffering from slips and falls due to the snow and icy conditions last weekend. Folks at Sentara Leigh Hospital say they are prepared to see more of those this weekend. “Also some musculoskeletal pain, back injuries, different things where […]
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Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Spearheads “Stop the Bleed” Training as a Level II Trauma Center.
Uncontrolled bleeding is the leading cause of death resulting from injury. In the critical moments after a traumatic injury, any bystander can become a lifeline. That is the core principle behind the “Stop the Bleed” training initiatives being provided by Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) trauma center personnel. “Stop the Bleed is a really useful skills class meant for your average person who could be responding to an emergency before emergency services have time to get from their facilities to the site,” said Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Malachi Gregory, a corpsman assigned to Central Sterile Supply at NMCP. “By teaching these very basic stop the bleed skills, we’re able to help adjust that number.”
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Over 500 "Mostly African-American Women" Sue Hospital Over Brutal Surgeries
Over 500 women, mostly Black and on Medicaid, are hitting a Virginia hospital with a jaw-dropping $6 billion lawsuit, claiming a rogue OB/GYN mutilated their bodies for profit over a decade, The New York Times reports. In the lawsuit filed on December 29 in Chesapeake City Circuit Court, and recently...