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Belhaven Mayor Adam O'Neal drove nearly 30 miles west from his Town of Belhaven to present the news from his hamlet on Pantego Creek, and, right now, the news is not good.
Published: Friday, January 20th, 2017 @ 9:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Vidant wasted no time padlocking the front door of Pungo District Hospital and covering up the signage around the building.
Published: Monday, July 7th, 2014 @ 9:47 am
By: Betty Murphy
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If Vidant thought their "problem child" would go away quietly, never to be seen or heard from again, that was not the case last week in Hyde County, nor will it be next year.
Published: Sunday, June 29th, 2014 @ 5:23 pm
By: Betty Murphy
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Since Vidant Health announced the closure of Pungo Hospital in September, 2013, Belhaven residents have been struggling with the uncertainty of future access to healthcare.
Published: Friday, June 6th, 2014 @ 10:25 am
By: Betty Murphy
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After a long battle the Vidant Pungo Hospital has been given the opportunity to continue operations as a new organization. At a minimum, there will be an emergency room with other services to be determined by the new management.
Published: Wednesday, April 16th, 2014 @ 9:07 am
By: Hood Richardson
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At a community meeting at Vidant Pungo Hospital in Belhaven, Dr. David Herman, president and CEO of Vidant Health, unveiled more details about the agreement to keep Vidant Pungo Hospital open and to transfer ownership of the hospital to the Belhaven community.
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 10:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Story of America contributors Eric Byler and Annabel Park are diligently preparing a documentary pursuant to Vidant's closing of Pungo District Hospital, and we have their first two installments here.
Published: Monday, March 31st, 2014 @ 9:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I suppose it's a good thing that several years ago we decided on a not-for-profit company (now Vidant) to take over the Washington Hospital and subsequently seemingly everything else "medical" in the County.
Published: Monday, March 31st, 2014 @ 9:22 am
By: Jim Bispo
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I am hearing a lot of chatter, actually criticism, about Beaufort County refusing to accept the $500,000 of so called "free money" offered to us by Vidant during the early stages of the closing of the Pungo District Hospital. Hyde County took the $250,000 offered to them.
Published: Sunday, March 30th, 2014 @ 7:02 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Vidant Health, officially known as University Health Systems, is no stranger to closing rural medical facilities. Since 2010 Vidant Health has closed three medical clinics in the following counties: Dare, Pitt and Beaufort.
Published: Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 @ 6:47 am
By: Betty Murphy
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Here it is Tuesday evening, Sept 24, and I am driving into the quiet little town of Belhaven located in one of the most rural areas of northeast Beaufort County.
Published: Monday, November 4th, 2013 @ 10:41 pm
By: Betty Murphy
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It is ironic that most of the same people and commissioners who are now expressing so much concern about Vidant closing the Pungo District Hospital are the same people who were Vidant's cheerleaders when we were trying to decide whether Vidant or Community Health Systems would be best for Beaufort C
Published: Saturday, October 12th, 2013 @ 7:37 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners held a special called meeting on Monday (9-30-13) to discuss the closing of Pungo Hospital in Belhaven. At that meeting I read the following statement.
Published: Wednesday, October 9th, 2013 @ 9:50 am
By: Hood Richardson
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If you are interested in a solution, it is important that you attend. Please pass the word. Your presence is requested.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 10:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The people DownEast, specifically in the eastern portions of Beaufort County north of the Pamlico River and those in Hyde County are being faced with a double whammy - the loss of the inpatient facility at Pungo Hospital in Belhaven and the loss of a reported 127 jobs.
Published: Friday, September 6th, 2013 @ 8:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Recently, there has been a buzz about what is to become of Pungo District Hospital, now that Vidant Health, who served as a "White Knight" in 2011 and which may have extended the life of that Hospital, may be looking to cut its losses and close the facility.
Published: Saturday, August 31st, 2013 @ 11:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Miss Sandra E. Dolin, age 60, a resident of Quarter Road, Swan Quarter, N.C., passed away Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011, at Pungo District Hospital.
Published: Thursday, September 8th, 2011 @ 10:03 pm
By: Announcements
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Miss Sandra E. Dolin, 60, a resident of Quarter Road, Swan Quarter, died Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011, at Pungo District Hospital. A funeral will be conducted at noon Friday at St. Stephens Community Church in the Bayview community of Bath with pastor Gary Best officiating.
Published: Tuesday, September 6th, 2011 @ 2:28 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Verlie Crandell Swindell, a resident of 794 Cedar Village Road, Belhaven, died Saturday, July 9, 2011, at Pungo District Hospital. The family will receive friends at the home. Arrangements are by Whitfield & Whitley Funeral Home.
Published: Tuesday, July 12th, 2011 @ 11:43 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Thomas R. “T.R.” Sawyer, age 89, a resident of 1151 West Pungo Street, Belhaven died Saturday morning July 2, 2011 at Pungo District Hospital. On July 2, 2011 our loving and dear Daddy, Granddaddy, Great-granddaddy and Pop was called home.
Published: Tuesday, July 5th, 2011 @ 12:38 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Thomas Ruffin “T.R.” Sawyer, 89, a resident of 1151 W. Pungo St., Belhaven, died Saturday, July 2, 2011, at Pungo District Hospital. A funeral will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday at West Belhaven Church of Christ. Burial will follow in Belhaven Community Cemetery.
Published: Sunday, July 3rd, 2011 @ 5:14 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Rosa Lee Wood Quidley, affectionately known as “Mama Rosie” to many, age 63, and a resident of 34389 N.C. Highway 264 E., Belhaven, N.C., died Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at Pungo District Hospital in Belhaven.
Published: Friday, June 10th, 2011 @ 11:45 am
By: Announcements
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Sam Barber O’Neal, 87, a resident of 23080 U.S. Highway 264, the New Holland Community, Swan Quarter, died Monday, May 23, 2011, at Pungo District Hospital, Belhaven.
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 @ 2:01 pm
By: Announcements
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Belhaven once again hosts Pirates on the Pungo Regatta on May 20-22.
Published: Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 @ 6:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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