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ROCKINGHAM — FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital–Richmond has been awarded the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association Get with the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award and Target Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll. 

PINEHURST — On July 2, 2020, a team of heart specialists from the Valve Clinic at FirstHealth’s Reid Heart Center successfully performed the region’s first transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVr) with MitraClip therapy, a minimally invasive procedure to treat mitral valve regurgitation, also known as a leaking heart valve.

HAMLET — Certified physician assistant Jaclyn Bates has joined FirstHealth Urogynecology.  She joins Janet Harris-Hicks, M.D., FACOG, FPMRS, at the practice located at 108 Endo Lane, Suite 1, in Hamlet.

PINEHURST — FirstHealth of the Carolinas is pleased to announce the launch of a COVID-19 prevalence study in Richmond County, which will collect data to determine the scope and spread of the virus in the region. 

PINEHURST — FirstHealth of the Carolinas has announced its 2020 Nursing Leadership Academy graduates. 

RAEFORD — When Lynne O’Quinn turned a corner too quickly at home and ran into a slate stool, earning a deep gash in the process, she was expected to have a relatively smooth recovery. Her lack of vascular issues or history of diabetes indicated minimal complications. 

PINEHURST — Fellowship-trained interventional pulmonologist Adam Belanger, M.D., joined FirstHealth Specialty Services and Pinehurst Medical Clinic on May 1.  Dr. Belanger joins Michael Pritchett, D.O., MPH, at the Pinehurst practice.

PINEHURST — Following a decision to resume many non-time sensitive procedures last month, FirstHealth of the Carolinas is relaxing some of the visitor restrictions in place at hospitals and clinics. 

PINEHURST — Clinical trials have long been a part of the DNA of FirstHealth of the Carolinas. 

By participating in groundbreaking medical research, FirstHealth patients gain access to new, state-of-the-art treatments before they are widely available to the public, and FirstHealth providers are better able to care for the community in both the short and long term. 

PINEHURST — The Bandit Flight Team, a North Carolina-based group of formation pilots, will perform a flyover of multiple towns in Moore, Richmond, Hoke and Lee counties on Saturday, May 16 to honor area healthcare and emergency services workers.