Purlear
Purlear, NC · Health
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$20M investment brings new emergency room, helicopter to our hometowns
SALEM, Va. (WDBJ) - A $20 million investment from HCA Virginia, a parent company of LewisGale Medical Center, will go toward a new freestanding emergency room in Hollins and a second helicopter and base in Danville, the corporation announced. The near 11,000-square-foot facility will mark LewisGale’s third freestanding emergency room,...
The Daily Reflector
ECU Health joins effort to explore electric flight in health care
ECU Health is joining an initiative to use electric aircraft to bolster rural health care. The kickoff of the Electric Logistics and Integrated Flight Testing, or eLIFT-NC initiative, was announced Wednesday. The eLIFT-NC initiative aims to explore how electric aviation can better connect hospitals, airports and rural communities to improve access to medical supplies, equipment and disaster recovery resources while maintaining strong safety and infrastructure standards. The process will begin with training and initial operations before expanding to additional routes and potential hospital-to-hospital missions. The program will also help inform the infrastructure and systems needed for long-term implementation. The initiative was announced Wednesday by Gov. Josh Stein, representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration, N.C. Department of Aviation, BETA Technologies, Joby Aviation, Metro Aviation, ECU Health and other state healthcare organizations. One of the aircraft, built by BETA technologies, landed at the Pitt-Greenville Airport on Monday as part of a test flight from Raleigh to the Outer Banks. ECU Health provided lightweight cargo for the aircraft to carry during its flight. In March, the NCDOT Division of Aviation announced it had been selected to participate in the FAA’s Advanced Air Mobility and Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Integration Pilot Program (eIPP)
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Moore Free and Charitable Clinic Sees Increased Demand for Care
The Moore Free and Charitable Clinic in Southern Pines is seeing a steady increase in the number of people seeking medical care as changes involving Medicaid and Affordable Care Act subsidies affect local residents. The clinic serves uninsured patients in Moore County and provides care regardless of a patient’s ability...
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North Carolina water feature linked to teen's fatal brain-eating amoeba infection
DURHAM, N.C. (WCTI) — A water feature at a Durham, North Carolina, community organization was the most likely exposure source in a fatal Naegleria fowleri infection involving a teenager, state health officials said in a new investigation. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services said investigators could...