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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today updated its weekly Respiratory Virus Summary Dashboard, which shows high volumes of people being seen in hospital emergency departments with respiratory illness symptoms across North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, January 27th, 2024 @ 11:22 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Chris Newkirk has been promoted to permanent Beaufort County Emergency Services Director after almost one year of leading the department on an interim basis.
Published: Monday, May 15th, 2023 @ 11:59 am
By: ENC NOW
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Hundreds of people in North Carolina each day are waiting inside hospital emergency departments for behavioral health care.
Published: Monday, February 6th, 2023 @ 5:20 am
By: ENC NOW
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In response to rising mental health needs, another resource is available to behavioral health patients at emergency departments across the state.
Published: Friday, September 9th, 2022 @ 8:35 am
By: ENC NOW
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper ended the state’s COVID-19 State of Emergency. With vaccines, treatments, and other tools to combat COVID-19 widely available, and with new legislation now providing the requested flexibility to North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS)
Published: Tuesday, August 16th, 2022 @ 8:54 am
By: Governor's Office
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As Vidant Health continues to respond to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic across North Carolina, we are taking steps to ensure the safety of all.
Published: Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021 @ 1:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County Health Department is pleased to announce that more appointments have been opened for the COVID-19 vaccine starting as soon as this Thursday, March 25th .
Published: Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021 @ 10:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As Vidant Health continues to respond to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic across North Carolina, we are taking steps to ensure the safety of all.
Published: Friday, February 12th, 2021 @ 10:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As Vidant Health continues to respond to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic across North Carolina, we are taking steps to ensure the safety of all.
Published: Saturday, January 2nd, 2021 @ 2:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced a new, expedited reimbursement program
Published: Tuesday, August 11th, 2020 @ 5:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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According to the North Carolina Division of Public Health (DPH), there have been 1,205 heat-related hospital emergency department visits reported since May 1, 2020.
Published: Wednesday, July 29th, 2020 @ 5:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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According to the Division of Public Health, there were 3,150 heat-related hospital emergency department visits reported from May 1 to Aug. 10, due to the combination of heat and humidity — particularly during periods of extreme heat.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2019 @ 4:42 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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Please be advised Vidant Medical Center (VMC) will be conducting a mass casualty exercise in the Emergency Department in conjunction with a full-scale exercise occurring at East Carolina University. This is only a drill
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2018 @ 12:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reminding North Carolinians that more than $30 million in funds are available for families who need emergency help heating their homes through the Crisis Intervention Program
Published: Tuesday, October 30th, 2018 @ 6:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) will meet on August 23, 2018 at 10:00 AM at the Chocowinity Fire Department located at 512 NC Highway 33E, Chocowinity, NC
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2018 @ 11:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Emergency department visits for opioid overdose in North Carolina have risen sharply, with preliminary data for 2017 indicating more than 5,700 visits, a nearly 40 percent increase in opioid overdose ED visits compared to 2016
Published: Wednesday, March 21st, 2018 @ 7:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina health officials are alerting the public to a recent increase in emergency department visits by people who reported using cannabidiol (CBD) oil or a similar product in electronic cigarettes and/or vaporizing pens
Published: Tuesday, March 6th, 2018 @ 9:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is sending a mobile, five-bed emergency department, a six-bed in-patient ward and diagnostic equipment to Florida's Marathon Key after Hurricane Irma heavily damaged a 25-bed hospital
Published: Tuesday, September 19th, 2017 @ 10:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On June 12, 2017 at about 6:00 pm Vidant Beaufort Emergency Department personnel contacted the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office to report receiving a gunshot victim in their department
Published: Monday, July 3rd, 2017 @ 6:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory provided an update today on the North Carolina National Guard, State Highway Patrol and other resources deployed to help the city of Charlotte restore order following two nights of unrest.
Published: Saturday, September 24th, 2016 @ 1:20 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that a new web-based tool is now available to help North Carolina's more than 7,000 child care facility operators develop and update emergency plans that provide protective actions for children in their care during a crisis situation.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 11:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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An East Carolina University faculty member in Physician Assistant Studies is prompting emergency department clinicians to thoroughly analyze urinalysis results for the possible diagnosis of serious illnesses.
Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2015 @ 3:22 am
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory congratulated Michael Sprayberry on his appointment to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) National Advisory Council (NAC). Sprayberry is the Emergency Management Director for the N.C. Department of Public Safety.
Published: Thursday, September 10th, 2015 @ 12:03 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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More than 2,500 patients across the state may be diverted each year from hospital emergency departments to behavioral health crisis centers with help from $5,000 grants awarded to each of 11 counties
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2015 @ 5:38 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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On April 2, 2015 at approximately 6:43 pm, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office received a report from Vidant Beaufort Hospital stating an adult male was at the Emergency Department seeking treatment for a gunshot wound.
Published: Friday, April 10th, 2015 @ 12:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County Government, through its Emergency Management Services Department are releasing two press release: One reminding citizens of the state of emergency, the other explaining the that there are shelters in place, and available to the public.
Published: Sunday, April 27th, 2014 @ 8:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Every era has its one big issue to face. Ours is healthcare. The Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, had two primary goals: to reduce healthcare costs, especially taxpayer support, at the same time improving health outcomes.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 4:11 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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East Carolina University physicians have begun seeing patients in the emergency department at Vidant Beaufort Hospital under a new agreement that brings university expertise to the community facility.
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 @ 9:27 am
By: ECU News Services
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Folks who reach under the wrong pile of wood and feel the pain of a copperhead bite can relax just a little on their way to the emergency department.
Published: Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 @ 1:04 am
By: ECU News Services
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Officials with Vidant Health and Vidant Medical Center cut the ribbon today on the new children's emergency department.
Published: Monday, July 23rd, 2012 @ 7:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The new children's emergency department is located next to the main emergency department at Vidant Medical Center.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 5:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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