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Twin County Regional Healthcare is Prepared to Serve Community During Severe Winter Weather

January 22, 2026
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As significant winter weather approaches Southwestern Virginia, Twin County Regional Healthcare wants to reassure the community that we are fully prepared and committed to providing safe, continuous, and compassionate care throughout the storm.

The hospital has activated enhanced operational readiness protocols to ensure uninterrupted medical services during this severe weather event. A specialized team is actively monitoring weather conditions, patient needs, resource availability, and overall hospital operations around the clock to allow for rapid response to changing conditions.

Twin County Regional Hospital has taken proactive steps to safeguard critical systems and infrastructure, including power, utilities, information technology, and essential medical services. Supplies, fuel, and other vital resources have been strategically staged to support sustained operations, even in the event of power outages or difficult travel conditions.

We are working closely with local emergency management, first responders, and community partners to ensure coordinated care and timely response to medical and emergency needs. Our hospital remains ready and available to serve the community should medical emergencies arise.

In addition, Twin County Regional Hospital will provide regular updates through our social media channels and will share information about available community resources for warmth, power, food, and shelter as conditions evolve. These updates are part of our ongoing commitment to keeping the community informed, supported, and safe.

Twin County Regional Hospital is proud to be a trusted healthcare anchor for our region. Through preparation, collaboration, and dedication to service, we remain steadfast in our mission to care for our neighbors when they need us most.

For questions or additional information, community members are encouraged to call 276-236-8181.

Together, we will navigate this winter weather safely and with care.

 

About Twin County Regional Healthcare

Twin County Regional Hospital (TCRH) is the flagship of the Twin County Regional Healthcare delivery system, a Duke LifePoint Healthcare affiliate, centered on the mission “Making Communities Healthier®.  The hospital is in Galax, Virginia, the center of the Twin Counties of Grayson and Carroll Counties in Southwest Virginia.  Twin County Regional Hospital has been the anchor and the region’s leader of healthcare for over 50 years offering services such as acute care, inpatient behavioral health, cardiac rehab/cardio direct, cardiology, cardiopulmonary services, chronic disease management, diagnostic imaging, emergency services, intensive care, lab/lab direct, occupational health, orthopedics, rehabilitation services, stroke center, surgical services, neurology, urology, women’s health and birthing center and many other services. For additional information, please call 276.236.8181 or visit www.TCRH.org or find TCRH on Facebook.

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