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Jarrell reflects on 30 years of public health service to Richmond County
ROCKINGHAM — Tommy Jarrell didn’t know much about public health when he applied for the Richmond County health director position in 1991 — a job he has held since, and will until May 27.
FirstHealth ranked N.C.’s best for patient satisfaction and No. 4 among top hospitals
ROCKINGHAM — FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, including its Richmond and Hoke campuses, has been named one of the state’s top hospitals and as the best in North Carolina in patient satisfaction by Business North Carolina magazine.
Richmond County Health Department reports 2 more COVID-related deaths
ROCKINGHAM — Two more Richmond County residents have passed away in COVID-related deaths, the Health Department announced Wednesday morning.
Richmond County tops 4,000 COVID cases; active cases drop
ROCKINGHAM — Richmond County has now surpassed 4,000 total COVID-19 cases in less than a year, but the current number of active cases has dropped below 200 for the first time in more than two months.
McLeod physician among the first to be vaccinated for COVID-19
CHERAW, S.C. — McLeod Health vaccinated its first Cheraw physician and frontline staff for COVID-19 on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Dr. Garrett Barton, primary care physician with McLeod Primary Care Cheraw and hospitalist for McLeod Health Cheraw, was among the first of the frontline staff members to receive the first doses of the vaccine.
64 new coronavirus cases reported in Richmond County, nearly 18K in N.C. over weekend
ROCKINGHAM — The Richmond County Health Department reported more than 60 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend.
Moore Regional and Moore Regional-Richmond earn ‘A’ on hospital safety from Leapfrog
PINEHURST — FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital and Moore Regional Hospital–Richmond were each awarded an ‘A’ in The Leapfrog Group’s Fall 2020 hospital safety grades. MRH–Richmond also achieved its seventh “Straight A” honor.
Scotland Health sees new high in COVID-positive inpatients
LAURINBURG — Confirmed coronavirus hospitalizations at Scotland Memorial Hospital continue to increase. According to the “By the Numbers” statistics released daily by Scotland Health, Scotland Memorial Hospital had 34 COVID-positive inpatients on Friday, including 10 admissions — up from its previous high of 28.
FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital earns 2020 Leapfrog top hospital award for outstanding quality and safety
PINEHURST — Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital was named a Top Rural Hospital nationally by The Leapfrog Group.
MRH-Richmond certified Acute Stroke Ready Hospital
ROCKINGHAM— The Joint Commission, the national health care accreditation and certification organization, has certified the stroke care program at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital–Richmond as an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital.