WILMINGTON Carolyn Moreschi Nelson, 32, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.
She is survived by her parents, James and Moreschi Nelson; brother, Richard Nelson (Sarah); nephews, A.J. and Matthew Nelson; grandfather, James M. Nelson; and aunts, Michelle Henderson, Robin Bennett and Michelle T. Spaugh. Also surviving are her six fur babies that includes her special baby, “Blue.”
She was preceded in death by her grandmothers, Carolyn H. Nelson and Carlene Damron; and grandfather, Robert Thomas.
Carolyn attended Cape Fear Community College, where she studied film and dental hygiene. She worked as a production assistant in the local film industry while working on numerous film productions.
WILMINGTON Adriana Avila Ramirez, 39, passed away Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.
She is the survived by her parents, Francisco Javier Avila and Emma Ramirez; husband, Manuel Ramirez; daughter, Cassandra; brother, Alejandro Avila Ramirez, and his wife, Teresa; nephews, Emiliano and Jeramiah; sister-in-law, Veronica; and brother-in-law, Jose Trinidad.
Adriana loved to craft and try many different things. She also admired any type of flower and the beauty and joy they brought. The love of her family brought her great joy, and she will be forever missed.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, at Wilmington Funeral Chapel with funeral services beginning at 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 3, at Wilmington Funeral Chapel.
Among the issues that have frequented headlines and been the topic of public conversation and debate in 2020, the sale of New Hanover Regional Medical Center sits high on the list.
When a divided New Hanover County Board of Commissioners voted to pursue the possible sale of the largest employer in the county in September 2019, officials and citizens had questions about what the sale would mean for the future of the hospital and the area.
Since then critics of the sale, like Save Our Hospital Inc., have said the process was rushed, lacked transparency and feared a sale could not only lower the quality of care and increase costs, but put taxpayer money in the hands of groups not from the county.
For the better part of three years, we’ve talked about “community health,” but what exactly does that look like?
New Hanover Regional Medical Center will always provide the best medical care to those who are sick and injured. It’s who we are, and that will not change. But when we committed to “Leading Our Community to Outstanding Health,” a large part was fundamentally transforming from hospital-based care and moving into a community where our patients live, work and play.
Figuring out how to do this has been a challenge, requiring teamwork, trial, some failure, and some innovation. But we’re starting to see it. And it looks like this:
A little bit of local history was made on Thursday when Karen Herring became the first person in New Hanover County to be vaccinated for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
Herring, a laboratory phlebotomist at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, received her COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 17. She was the first NHRMC employee to receive a vaccine as part of a trial run in advance of the full-scale vaccinations for hospital employees, which began Friday.
In a video provided by NHRMC, Herring said, Let me relax, as she prepared to get the shot with the vaccine from Jerry Burleson, manager of employee health at the hospital.