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Prisma Health to host women’s health film screenings; expert panel discussions
Prisma Health is inviting the community to attend two educational women's health events this October. The events will feature documentary film screenings, expert-led panel discussions and networking receptions, with proceeds benefiting Prisma Health foundations that support community health initiatives. Perimenopause event scheduled in Greenville. On Tuesday, Oct. 20, Prisma Health...
spartanburg.com
Yahoo!
$5M donation bolsters push to open new Upstate behavioral health facility
EASLEY — A lack of space at the Upstate's facilities sends thousands elsewhere — sometimes as far away as the coast — for behavioral and mental health treatment. Work is happening to increase the region's capacity for such care. That includes Prisma Health's Behavioral Health Hospital in...
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Leading Provider Of Medicare Insurance In Greenville, SC, Shares Guidance On Understanding Coverage Costs
Greenville, SC - October 10, 2026 - With Medicare's annual enrollment period drawing renewed attention across the Upstate, True Heart Insurance is fielding a steady stream of calls from residents trying to make sense of coverage costs before they commit to a plan. Owner Joshua Dixson says the confusion rarely centers on whether to enroll, but on which combination of costs will actually work out cheapest over a full year.
The Post and Courier
A new doctor's office just opened in Woodruff. It’s already thinking about the growth ahead.
WOODRUFF — Despite having only a single floor, the newest doctor’s office in the Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System sports stairways and an elevator shaft. That’s because it is situated within Woodruff, the fastest-growing city in South Carolina. Not only was the $9.5 million family medicine center built with future floors in mind, but there’s already room to grow within its newly erected walls. Standing outside the facility on Sept. 24, minutes after a ribbon-cutting ceremony officially announced the offices open, Sarah Beth Hammond said the building has space to hold 10 providers — more ...
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Medically Speaking Program Highlights Neurological Care Network for Lakelands
GREENWOOD, S.C.— A national shortage of neurologists is putting Self Regional Healthcare at the forefront of developing a comprehensive network of neurological care in the Lakelands. During “Neurology Close to Home,” the first program of the 2026 Medically Speaking Series, Dr. Ryan Hakimi discussed that children and adults throughout...
FOX Carolina
Mock mass-casualty training prepares future doctors at USC School of Medicine Greenville
GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - A mock mass-casualty exercise staged at a local 5K is giving future doctors real-world training before they treat patients in actual emergencies. The scenarios are designed to feel real, with volunteers acting as patients who are screaming, walking or lying on the ground. No one...
golaurens.com
Clinton sewer upgrades aim to open door for commercial, industrial growth
*This is the fourth in a four-part series about LCWSC Moving Laurens County Forward. By March, 2028, most of the sewer collection lines around Clinton will have been rehabilitated, opening the city up for greater commercial and industrial potential. That’s part of the ambitious comprehensive plan for the Laurens County...
spartanburg.com
Spartanburg Regional Opens 11-Bed Adolescent Behavioral Health Unit
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System has opened an 11-bed Adolescent Behavioral Health Unit at Spartanburg Medical Center’s Mary Black Campus. The system announced the expansion of inpatient mental health care for young people on October 1st. The unit serves adolescents experiencing behavioral health crises that require hospitalization. Its multidisciplinary staff...
The Post and Courier
Spartanburg County gets its first inpatient mental health unit for teens
SPARTANBURG — If a 12-year-old with depression seems at risk of self-harm or a 17-year-old has their first manic episode, they get sent to wherever there’s an open bed. Sometimes that means Travelers Rest. Sometimes, Charleston. But it has never meant Spartanburg — at least not before now. On Oct. 1, Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System opened an 11-bed inpatient Adolescent Behavioral Health Unit for ages 12-17 at Spartanburg Medical Center's Mary Black Campus. It is the first of its kind in the county and will also serve Cherokee and Union counties. "This is a way to keep care close to home...
FOX Carolina
Dr. Annie Andrews speaks on Upstate healthcare panel
GREER, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Dr. Annie Andrews spoke on an Upstate panel about healthcare affordability on Tuesday morning. The U.S. Senate candidate was at the Tryon Recreation Center in Greer at 9 a.m. Dr. Andrews is a pediatrician and resident of Charleston. She supports expanding access to affordable healthcare,...
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New Medical Group of the Carolinas Facility Opens in Woodruff
WOODRUFF — A project years in the making officially became a reality last week as Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System celebrated the opening of the new Medical Group of the Carolinas facility in Woodruff. Community leaders, healthcare representatives, staff and guests gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony before touring the new...
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Spartanburg Opens New Inpatient Unit So Kids in Crisis Stop Traveling for Care
Spartanburg Medical Center, Mary Black Campus — Site Of New Adolescent Behavioral Unit. Families in Spartanburg who once had to drive hours away to find an inpatient psychiatric bed for a child in crisis now have another option close to home. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System announced Thursday the opening of a new adolescent behavioral health unit at Spartanburg Medical Center's Mary Black Campus, built specifically for young patients experiencing behavioral health crises that require inpatient treatment.