Regional Medical Center of Orangeburg to offer COVID-19 walk-in appointments
Orangeburg, Calhoun, or Bamberg County residents 55 and older, or those who are eligible for Phase 1B can receive their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine on March 19 Author: WLTX Updated: 12:49 PM EDT March 16, 2021
ORANGEBURG, S.C. The Regional Medical Center of Orangeburg and Calhoun Counties (RMC) will administer COVID-19 vaccines on Friday, March 19, while supplies last.
According to the release, vaccinations will be given from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. while supplies last at the Orangeburg Fairgrounds located at 350 Magnolia St., Orangeburg, SC.
Orangeburg, Calhoun, or Bamberg County residents 55 and older, or those who are eligible for Phase 1B can receive their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. According to RMC, anyone who previously received the Pfizer vaccine is also eligible.
Inmate sues former SC jail guard for alleged excessive force Follow Us
Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Monday, March 15, 2021
BAMBERG, S.C. (AP) - An inmate with mental health issues including schizophrenia has sued a former South Carolina county jail guard over allegedly using excessive force.
On Monday, attorneys for Tieresias Ephram said they had filed a civil lawsuit accusing Isaac Jackson of gross negligence, civil assault and battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Attorneys say Ephram was being held in the Bamberg County jail on shoplifting charges in 2019 when Jackson threw him into a window and door to try to force him into a cell. Ephram‘s head split open, and his attorneys say he required emergency medical care.
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Deputies with the Bamberg County Sheriff’s Office were called in to retrieve the man from the vehicle and emergency responders then took over patient care, transporting the driver to a nearby hospital.
When investigating the wreckage, however, Chief Smoak said he detected a faint odour of cannabis coming from the driver’s side window,
The Times and Democrat reports.
Checking the car for the vehicle’s registration, he saw a cellophane bag on the vehicle floor that contained a green leafy substance that looked and smelled like cannabis. Also on the floor was a package of rolling paper, he reported.