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Community Newsletter | Fall/Winter 2021
October 13, 2021
Nearly two years into a historic and global pandemic, it is fair to say that there isn’t one person in our community who hasn’t been impacted in some way by COVID-19. From the disruption of our usual way of life to varying degrees of illness and the tragic deaths of...
read moreGet Your Mammo: It’s an hour that could save your life
October 12, 2021
According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the U.S., behind only skin cancers. In fact, the ACS puts the average risk as a one in eight chance that a woman will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. And according to...
read moreCentral Carolina Hospital Now Offering Virtual Childbirth Education Classes
September 28, 2021
Central Carolina Hospital (CCH) is excited to announce the continuation of childbirth education classes, which were previously paused due to the pandemic. Powered online through Birthly, patients are now able to access a larger variety of classes through a virtual platform. Expectant parents can register to sign up for the...
read moreDr. Samuel Hammonds Joins Central Carolina Hospital
September 17, 2021
Central Carolina Hospital today announced that Samuel Hammonds, MD has joined its staff and will be offering orthopaedic and sports medicine services to patients in Sanford and the surrounding region. Dr. Hammonds will join a new practice Central Carolina Orthopaedics, which is part of Central Carolina Physician Practices, the affiliated...
read moreCentral Carolina Hospital Welcomes New OB-GYN to Sanford
September 1, 2021
Central Carolina Hospital (CCH) today announced that Steven H. Berliner, MD, FACS, FACOG has joined its staff and will be offering obstetrics & gynecological care, including urogynecology, to patients throughout Sanford, Lee County, and the surrounding area. Dr. Berliner is doubly board-certified in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery (urogynecology)...
read moreDear Sanford, We Need Your Help!
August 27, 2021
Over the past week, I have watched in disbelief as local cases of COVID-19 have climbed in our hospital and across our community once again. Our current COVID-19 situation is worse today than it was in January, and like many hospitals across the region, we are operating at the edge...
read moreCentral Carolina Hospital Re-Implements Zero Visitor Policy
August 25, 2021
Due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases and the increased rate of transmission in Lee County, Central Carolina Hospital (CCH) is reimplementing a zero-visitor policy, effective Thursday, August 26. Some exceptions do apply including labor and delivery and end of life care.
read moreRecognizing Central Carolina EMS and 24-Year Partnership with Lee County
May 24, 2021
July 1st will mark 24 years that Central Carolina Hospital has run the EMS program for the county. I am proud of the long-standing partnership Central Carolina Hospital has with Lee County and the ways that this partnership has positively impacted our community.
read moreYour Health Means Everything Your Health Means Everything: Taking Care of Yourself in a Post-Pandemic World
April 19, 2021
Life has changed in ways both big and small over the last year. Plans were suspended and priorities shifted as we cautiously made our way through a situation that we had never experienced, much less imagined would happen. As we get closer than ever to putting the COVID-19 pandemic behind...
read moreCentral Carolina Hospital Welcomes First Baby Girl and Baby Boy of the New Year
January 2, 2021
Central Carolina Hospital is ringing in 2021 with the year’s first two bundles of joy - a baby girl and a baby boy born just 10 minutes apart on January 1, 2021.
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