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Celebrating Safely: How to keep you, your family and your community healthy this holiday season
November 25, 2020By Gregory Pearson, Chief Executive Officer The final two months of the year are traditionally filled with a number of opportunities to celebrate with family, friends and co-workers. Of course, 2020 has been anything but a traditional year, thanks in no small part to the ongoing pandemic. As we continue to fight COVID-19 and work to slow the spread in our community,…
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Twin County Regional Healthcare Receives Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award
October 05, 2020Twin County Regional Healthcare has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based…
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Twin County Regional Healthcare Welcomes Lesco Rogers, MD
September 10, 2020Twin County Regional Healthcare is pleased to welcome Dr. Lesco Rogers as our newest member to the medical staff. Dr. Rogers will join Twin County Pain Services located at 200 Hospital Drive, Galax, Va. Dr. Rogers received his medical degree from Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire. Dr. Rogers completed a fellowship at Georgetown University Hospital,…
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Taking Charge of Your Health: How Your Primary Care Provider Can Help You Stay Ahead of the Curve
August 21, 2020By Dr. Robert C. Menezes, Jr. Since the onset of COVID-19, many of us have probably focused more intently on our health than ever before – paying close attention to how we are feeling, staying alert to any signs that we might not be well and doing what we can to stay healthy. While a pandemic is certainly a bad thing, being more in tune with and focused on…
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Twin County Regional Healthcare Urges Community Members to Wear Masks
August 08, 2020Twin County Regional Healthcare is urging community members to wear face masks or cloth face coverings in public areas where social distancing is not easily achieved in an effort to help stop the spread of COVID-19. This aligns with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Virginia Department of Health and Mt. Rogers Health District, as…
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Safe for the Summer: Tips to Help You Stay Protected and Healthy While Enjoying the Season
July 06, 2020With summer officially here, chances are you’re hoping to take advantage of the season’s many opportunities to get outside and enjoy nature. And while it’s important to remember that COVID-19 is still here and we should be doing everything we can to stop the spread of this virus, taking a break to get outside, soak up some vitamin D and enjoy a little…
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Twin County Regional Healthcare Names 2020 Mercy Award Winner
July 04, 2020Twin County Regional Healthcare recently announced that Susan Cox, RN, Infection Prevention Professional, has been recognized as the hospital’s 2020 Mercy Award winner. The Mercy Award recognizes one employee from each of LifePoint Health’s hospitals who profoundly touches the lives of others and best represents the spirit and values on which the company was…
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Maintaining Your Health, Ensuring Your Safety
June 30, 2020As healthcare providers, patient well-being is our chief concern every day of the year. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, part of how we kept our community safe was limiting elective and non-urgent procedures at Twin County Regional Healthcare. For some, this change is a welcome return to maintaining personal health and addressing medical…
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Twin County Regional Healthcare Marks National Hospital Week
May 13, 2020Twin County Regional Healthcare is proud to join the American Hospital Association and healthcare organizations around the country in celebrating National Hospital Week, which is observed May 10-15. Each May, National Hospital Week provides an opportunity to pause and honor the millions of healthcare professionals who dedicate their lives to taking care of people in their…
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Mayor Presents Proclamation to Twin County Regional Healthcare
May 13, 2020Twin County Regional Healthcare received an official proclamation by Galax City Council naming May 10 -16, 2020 as National Hospital Week for Galax. Mayor C. M. Mitchell presented the proclamation to Twin County Regional Healthcare’s leadership. The proclamation reads: WHEREAS, healthcare is critical to sustaining and improving the communities we serve;…
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TWIN COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTHCARE TO RESUME ELECTIVE AND NON-URGENT SURGERIES AND PROCEDURES
May 07, 2020Twin County Regional Healthcare announced today that it is taking the appropriate steps to safely resume some elective and non-urgent surgeries and procedures that were previously rescheduled out of an abundance of caution amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The decision to reschedule procedures when clinically appropriate was made in accordance with federal…
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Twin County Regional Healthcare Marks National Nurses Month
May 06, 2020Twin County Regional Healthcare is proud to join the American Nurses Association (ANA) in celebrating National Nurses Month this May, in an expanded recognition of the positive impact our nurses have on the health and well-being of our community. National Nurses Week – observed annually May 6-12 – honors the men and women around the country who have dedicated…
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Keeping our patients safe during COVID-19
April 28, 2020By: Susan Cox, Susan Cox, RN, BSN, CIC, and Infection Prevention/Employee Health Coordinator at Twin County Regional Healthcare Treating infectious diseases, including the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), is not new to hospitals, and the guidelines for protecting patients, staff and visitors are comprehensive and evidence-based. You hear often that COVID-19 patients are…
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Minutes Matter: Don’t Put Your Heart Health On Hold During COVID-19
April 23, 2020By William Alley, Interim Chief Nursing Officer When a heart attack strikes, every minute matters. In fact, the first few minutes are critical in determining the short-term and long-term outcome for the patient. While the world continues to focus on the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, cardiovascular disease, or heart disease, is still the leading cause of death in the…
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Twin County Regional Healthcare Accepting Donations of Medical and Protective Supplies and Equipment
April 14, 2020In response to questions about how members of the community can assist in the region’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response, Twin County Regional Healthcare today announced that it is accepting donations of unused and handmade medical and protective supplies and equipment. This move is part of Twin County Regional Healthcare’s ongoing efforts to address the…
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Supporting Efforts to Keep Our Community Healthy
March 24, 2020By Gregory Pearson, chief executive officer of Twin County Regional Healthcare Our community – along with communities around the world – is navigating unprecedented challenges as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread. The cycle of our lives and neighborhoods has been altered, and we are all working to accommodate an ever-changing new normal.…
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COVID-19: What Twin County Regional Healthcare is Doing and What You Can Do
March 13, 2020It probably feels as if coronavirus – or as it is officially known, COVID-19 – is all anyone is talking about these days. As COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses like the seasonal flu continue to spread across the U.S., you also may feel a certain level of concern over how this disease could affect you or your loved ones, or if your local healthcare…
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Novel Coronavirus (COVID–19)
March 10, 2020Twin County Regional Healthcare is committed to providing the highest quality care and ensuring the safety of our patients, employees, providers, volunteers and visitors. We are continuing to work closely with Grayson, Carroll and Galax Health Departments and following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ensure our hospital is prepared…
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In the Mix: Why it might be time to add routine colonoscopies to your health journey
March 06, 2020It’s a scene many of us can recall. You arrive home from school, rush to your bedroom and tune your boombox to your favorite radio station. You pop in a blank cassette tape, or one you’ve recorded over so many times before, to capture the songs you love – or the songs you hope someone else will love, too. If that scene of adding favorite songs to your…
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Thank You!
February 25, 2020Thank you for joining us on this 29-day journey of heart health. We hope you’ve found it helpful and that you’ve learned something about your heart that you may not have known before. Remember, heart health isn’t about a crash diet. It’s not about getting up at 5 am to run 10 miles every day or vowing to never eat dessert again. And it’s not…
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