Laurens County Hospital
Elizabeth McDaniel Fridy
Laurens, South Carolina Elizabeth McDaniel Fridy, age 90, of Laurens, and widow of Fred Hamiter Fridy, Jr., passed away on Monday, March 20, 2023, at Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Samuel Earl and Bess Cooper McDaniel. Mrs. Fridy retired from the SC Regional Housing Authority…
Read MoreAll-volunteer Habitat gets new partnership with Prisma
Clinton, S.C. – When Prisma Health volunteers began preparing on Thursday to paint primer over the sheetrock in the newest Habitat for Humanity home in Clinton, they saw notes of edification and praise written on walls in each room. “Thank you Lord for this bedroom,” one message read. “Philippians 4:4. I will rejoice!” “We…
Read MoreAudrey Owens Blackwell
Dateline – Laurens, South Carolina Audrey Owens Blackwell, 92, of 110 Milliken Street and wife of the late Joel Aaron Blackwell, passed away Sunday, January 30, 2022, at her home. Born in Laurens, she was the daughter of the late JD and Gray Patton Owens. Audrey retired from Laurens County Hospital with 29 years of…
Read MoreGlenda Ann Armstrong Payne
Dateline – Laurens, South Carolina Glenda Ann Armstrong Payne, age 79, of Clemson Street, Laurens, and widow of Charles R. Payne, passed away Monday, November 22, 2021, at Laurens County Hospital. Born October 31, 1942 in DeKalb County, Alabama, she was the daughter of the late Troy Lee and Hannah Kathleen Ashley Armstrong. She retired…
Read More100 percent of Laurens County Hospital’s COVID patients unvaccinated, per CEO
From the Wednesday, Sept. 1 issue of The Laurens County Advertiser, Page 1 Laurens County, S.C. – The newest surge of COVID cases paired with a staff shortage is taking a heavy toll on healthcare workers at Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital. Late last week Prisma Health announced that the entrance way to the hospital…
Read MorePrisma Health limits visitation because of COVID case surge
Laurens County Hospital is among those which, starting today, Monday, Aug. 9, is returning to a limited visitation policy because of the increasing COVID-19 infections. Prisma Health will limit visitation at all hospital and clinical facilities. Adult inpatients, outpatients and ambulatory pediatric patients will be limited to one visitor. These restrictions also will continue: Visitors…
Read MoreFireworks safety encouraged by health care, fire officials
With the Fourth of July holiday comes the primary weekend for fireworks sales and activity of the year, and officials and physicians are warning to keep safety at the forefront of that and all other holiday plans. “The July 4 season every year we see a number of fireworks-related injuries or other injuries related to…
Read MoreBaby boy surrendered safely at Laurens County Hospital under Daniel’s Law
April 15, 2021 Laurens County, SC – Officials with Laurens County Sheriff’s Office recently accepted an infant surrendered under Daniel’s Law, The Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act on Friday, April 9, 2021. The Caucasian baby boy was born on April 9, 2021 and weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces and was safely surrendered at the Prisma Health…
Read More“Dire” COVID surge creates challenges for Prisma Health Laurens Hospital
In a Thursday evening, Jan. 7, called meeting of the Prisma Health Laurens County board, Regional Chief Operating Officer Justin Benfield explained plans to add beds to enable Laurens to serve as a “surge unit,” but he said that already “the situation with COVID is real. It’s dire.” The Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital has…
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