Dec 20, 2020
A management agreement stuck between WVU and PCH this week will let the university assist the hospital in âday-to-dayâ operations, with more integration possible in the future. Staff photo by Jessica Nuzzo
PRINCETON â Today is Princeton Community Hospitalâs 50th birthday, and an agreement made that now allows WVU Hospitals to manage PCH is seen as a positive move to ensure many more birthdays in the future.
On Thursday, The PCH Board of Directors approved and executed an agreement that said West Virginia University Hospitals Inc. will assist PCH in âday-to-dayâ operations and explore opportunities for more integrated services.
Dec 20, 2020
Dec 20, 2020
PRINCETON â Today is Princeton Community Hospitalâs 50th birthday, and an agreement made that now allows WVU Hospitals to manage PCH is seen as a positive move to ensure many more birthdays in the future.
On Thursday, The PCH Board of Directors approved and executed an agreement that said West Virginia University Hospitals Inc. will assist PCH in âday-to-dayâ operations and explore opportunities for more integrated services.
Other parts of the agreement that were approved included a collaborative clinical relationship, a business association agreement and the use of the WVU trademark.
The City of Princeton consented to the agreement Friday during a city council meeting.
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PARKERSBURG Police are searching for an SUV and driver they say struck and killed a man crossing Murdoch Avenue on Tuesday evening.
The incident happened around 8:30 p.m. when a white Honda CRV was traveling north on Murdoch near the traffic island in the 2600 block, Parkersburg Police Chief Joe Martin said.
Warren Earl Moyer Jr., 41, of Parkersburg, was crossing the road from the west side, not in a crosswalk, when he was hit and dragged a distance, Martin said. The vehicle left the scene.
“He (Moyer) was walking home from work,” the chief said.
The man was taken from the scene to WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, Martin said.
Arthur James Sweet WVU Medicine Camden Clark’s Emergency Department Director Brian Richardson received the first COVID-19 vaccine shot in Parkersburg by health manager Elizabeth Bennett on Tuesday morning. (Photo Provided) President of Parkersburg Cardiology Associates David Gnegy receives a vaccine shot by health manager Elizabeth Bennett on Tuesday morning. (Photo Provided) COVID-19 vaccine shot supplies. (Photo Provided) David Pickering of Mountain State Diabetes receives a vaccine shot by WVU Medicine Camden Clark’s Shelly West on Tuesday morning. (Photo Provided) Hannah Newhouse, a physician assistant, receives a vaccine shot from WVU Medicine Camden Clark’s Shelly West on Tuesday morning. (Photo Provided)
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WVU Medicine Camden Clarkâs Emergency Department Director Brian Richardson received the first COVID-19 vaccine shot in Parkersburg by health manager Elizabeth Bennett on Tuesday morning.(Photo Provided)
The first batch of COVID-19 vaccine shots in Parkersburg were given out at WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center on Tuesday.
Issued out at 6 a.m., the first two to receive the shots were the hospital’s Emergency Department Director Brian Richardson and David Gnegy, President of Parkersburg Cardiology Associates.
Seeing positive cases in Wood County and the Mid-Ohio Valley on the rise in the last month. Richardson, believing that a vaccine will help prevent the spread of the virus, volunteered as one of the first to receive the vaccine shot.