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Prisma Health, Laurens County Hospital temporarily restricts children and teens from hospital visits
Laurens County, South Carolina – A significant uptick in influenza cases over the past few weeks has prompted Prisma Health to restrict visitors at all the Prisma hospitals by all children 16 and under, and that includes Laurens County Hospital. The restrictions went into place at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 27, and Prisma Health’s infectious…
Read MoreKathy Petty Mangum
Dateline – Laurens, South Carolina Kathy Petty Mangum, age 66, of Laurens, SC, wife of Mike Mangum, passed away, Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at Prisma Health – Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born October 1, 1956 in Lockhart, SC, and was a daughter of the late William J. Petty, Sr. and Lona McCall Petty. Kathy retired from…
Read MoreMaxcy Patterson Hunter, Sr.
Maxcy Patterson Hunter passed peacefully in the company of his family on June 22, 2023, at age 96. A dedicated elder of Ora ARP Church, Max loved his Lord, his family, his Ora church family and his community. He was never happier than when he was on the farm in Ora, driving farm equipment and…
Read MoreOB physician shortage pauses labor and deliveries at Prisma Health Laurens
Laurens County, South Carolina – Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital will temporarily shift labor and deliveries to Prisma Health’s Patewood Hospital beginning Monday, May 8. The pause is because of a short-term shortage of OB/GYN physicians at Laurens County Hospital. During this temporary pause in services, Prisma Health will transition patient deliveries from Prisma Health…
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 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 MorePrisma Health reduces hours, set to close The Ridge vaccine site
The CDC and the vaccine advisory committee has announced that children 12 and over can now receive the Pfizer vaccine, but Prisma Health began reducing hours at the Laurens site this week and it will close later this month. Prisma Health administers the Pfizer brand vaccine. Turnout has been lower at The Ridge in recent…
Read MoreThe new debate – Allergies or COVID?
April 15, 2021 Laurens, S.C. – Yellow pollen clouds aren’t quite as thick as they were a week or so ago but allergy season is still in full swing, and the “Is it COVID or is it allergies?” question is a common thread in conversations in workplaces and in doctors’ offices. Dr. Nate Benitez with…
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