Emergency field hospital in Lenoir to treat region s COVID-19 patients journalnow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from journalnow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
COVID-19 Field Hospital To Be Constructed At Caldwell UNC Healthcare In Lenoir
COVID-19 Field Hospital To Be Constructed At Caldwell UNC Healthcare In Lenoir
December 31, 2020
Samaritan’s Purse will begin the construction of a 30-bed, emergency field hospital on the grounds of Caldwell UNC Health Care in Lenoir, Friday (January 1). The unit will provide regional COVID-19 care support, assisting five health systems in western North Carolina. Those systems are Caldwell UNC Health Care, Appalachian Regional Health Care in Boone, Catawba Valley Health System in Hickory, Carolinas Healthcare System Blue Ridge in Morganton, and Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory.
The Caldwell UNC site was chose for the field hospital due to its central location and ability to provide support services. Patients receiving treatment at the field hospital will be limited to those who are COVID-positive but do not need the support of a ventilator.
Woman Killed In Burke County Crash
Woman Killed In Burke County Crash
December 28, 2020
A Gaston County woman was killed in a Christmas Day crash in Burke County. Last Friday (December 25), at approximately 1:00 a.m., the NC State Highway Patrol responded to a collision in Burke County on Interstate 40 East near mile marker 108.
A 2020 Ford F-150 was traveling east and began driving recklessly as the occupants were involved in a verbal altercation. The pickup sideswiped an eastbound 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer, and both vehicles collided with the guardrail several times. The driver of the Ford and a two-year-old passenger in the Chevrolet were both ejected during the collision.
A Historic Day: First COVID-19 vaccines administered in Burke County morganton.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from morganton.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
JUSTIN EPLEY
Staff writer
Hours before the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in Burke County were set to be administered, members of the local health care and church communities prayed over the situation.
Employees of Carolinas HealthCare System Blue Ridge, area pastors and community members showing their support encircled the upper level of the parking deck at the Morganton hospital on Thursday afternoon.
The prayer circle included more than 30 people in all â some in scrubs, some in business attire, some dressed more casually â and was guided by the Rev. Robby Smith, director of missions for the Catawba River Baptist Association, an organization binding together dozens of local churches in united missions.