Health departments across the state have been relying on community colleges’ facilities, faculty, and students to run vaccination clinics.

Health departments across the state have been relying on community colleges’ facilities, faculty, and students to run vaccination clinics.
Limited COVID-19 testing supplies at commercial and hospital laboratories are causing significant delays in results. In turn, hospitals like Pardee in Hendersonville are forced to wait to administer COVID-19 treatment to suspected patients.
In Western North Carolina, the main regional hospitals say they currently have more than enough capacity to provide care for area residents. But their approaches, protocols and treatment options for COVID-19 vary.
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Less than one year after the state rejected their first request to relocate an endoscopy center from Asheville to Fletcher, Mission Health and Pardee Hospital are trying again. But during an almost 3-hour long public hearing held in Mills River today, not everyone understood why these health systems are applying again, or what has changed. More than 100 people attended the meeting, and about 50 people spoke during the public comment. (photo by Caitlin Byrd)
For three hours, a litany of area residents, doctors, health-care professionals and a few patients spoke out about competition and choice, giving a state legislative committee plenty to think about.
The state put the brakes on Mission Health and Pardee Hospital’s proposal to relocate an endoscopy center from Asheville to Fletcher today, Aug. 26. Mission officials say they’re committed to moving forward with the plan. But state legislators have their eye on the Asheville-based hospital. In a climate that’s seen allegations that Mission may have a monopoly in the region, state legislators today formed a new commission that will study several key aspects of issue.
In this week’s WNC Wellness review: Pardee’s ready to name a CEO; lower salt intake may cause (not prevent) heart disease; can Chinese Medicine treat ED? and cholesterol drugs tied to lower prostate cancer risk; & more
In this week’s WNC Wellness review: Mission and Pardee hospitals announce a collaborative outlet, which provokes Park Ridge Hospital; is eating healthy a psychological disorder?; UNC hospitals named ‘Top 100 Value’; a genetic test for longevity; fructose leads to high blood pressure & more.