Prisma Health
Fireworks 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…
Read MoreVaccine Dashboard’s early demographics not a surprise in first phase, per DHEC
In a South Carolina DHEC Vaccine Dashboard which launched on Monday, the demographics are showing a much higher rate of vaccines among women than men, and higher numbers of whites than minorities, but State Epidemiologist Linda Bell explained that it’s due to the fact that we’re still in the Phase 1a portion of the vaccination…
Read MorePrisma Health offers three free heart health webinars beginning Wednesday of this week
February is American Heart Month, and Prisma Health is offering a series of free online webinars including the first two planned for Wednesday and Friday of this week and Friday, Feb. 26, and led by Prisma cardiac specialists. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States, and…
Read MoreWhile supplies last: Vaccines available at Ridge for those 65 and older
Updated story from the Feb. 3 issue of The Advertiser. Feb. 8, 2021 Laurens, S.C. – Before the pandemic, The Ridge at Laurens was typically filled with children in basketball and volleyball tournaments or adults in meetings in the conference room. Last Monday, however, it was filled instead with health professionals and many people 70…
Read MorePrisma gains staffing help through collaboration with state agencies, S.C. National Guard
Jan. 13, 2021 Clinton, S.C. – Like other hospitals across the Upstate of South Carolina, Prisma Health Laurens County is feeling the squeeze caused by the high numbers of COVID-19 patients, and four South Carolina National Guard medics have already been assisting at the local hospital. “Prisma Health is experiencing the effects of extreme…
Read MorePrisma Health restricts ‘broad visitation’ starting this weekend
Prisma Health released information Friday afternoon explaining that patient visitation will be restricted effective Saturday, Jan. 9, in the wake of a growing surge of COVID-19 infections across South Carolina. The restrictions are system-wide for Prisma Health facilities, including the Prisma Health Laurens County Campus. “We know that being with families is itself a healing therapy and…
Read MoreProposal covers first loop of county’s Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail
Penny’s for Health: (Editor’s Note: The Laurens County Advertiser is taking a look at each of the 16 projects proposed to be funded by the Capital Project Sales Tax (CPST) in Laurens County. The 1-cent sales tax will be put to a referendum in the Nov. 3 General Election. The next proposed project is a proposed…
Read MorePrisma Health, DHEC, communities offer more free COVID-19 testing sites
In a Monday, June 8 press release, Prisma Health announced near-daily COVID-19 community testing events throughout South Carolina during June 8-13, including a free Laurens testing site on Thursday, June 11. Other sites this week include Cayce, Columbia, Greenville, Manning, Mauldin and Sumter. The community testing, done in partnership with the S.C. Department of Health…
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