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Justice appoints two attorneys and House chief-of-staff to intermediate court

Gov. Jim Justice on Tuesday said he thought “we got it right” as he announced the three men he appointed to serve in the inaugural term of the West Virginia

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Justice appoints two attorneys and House chief-of-staff to intermediate court

Gov. Jim Justice on Tuesday said he thought “we got it right” as he announced the three men he appointed to serve in the inaugural term of the West Virginia

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Construction to begin on new medical office building at Cabell Huntington Hospital

With an anticipated completion date of August 2024, the new facility will house multiple services including physical therapy, neurology services, physician offices, mammography, laboratory and imaging services.

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WVU Medicine to add 32 beds to Fairmont Medical Center


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FAIRMONT — WVU Hospitals will spend approximately $4.8 million to add 32 beds to Fairmont Medical Center.
After initially reopening the hospital as a 10-bed emergency room in June 2020, the hospital has continued expanding under the WVU medicine umbrella as a campus of J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital.
The West Virginia Health Care Authority approved WVU Hospitals’ Certificate of Need application on April 2 after filing the application in November. When the expansion is complete the Locust Avenue campus will have 42 beds, according to Albert Wright Jr., president and CEO of the West Virginia University Health System.
When asked if WVU Medicine still plans to build a new 10-bed hospital off the Gateway Connector — a plan Wright announced March 13, 2020 — he said, “We’re still working through our options. We’re having a lot of success out at the old site, where we’re operating now.”

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West Virginia bill would regulate opening, expansion of treatment centers | News, Sports, Jobs


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West Virginia Delegate John Kelly, R-Wood, left, speaks with St. Joseph Recovery Center Program Director Jordan Granus, center, and CEO Donna Meadows about the long-term, medication-assisted substance abuse treatment program in a patient room during a May 2019 open house at the facility. (File Photo)
PARKERSBURG State Delegate John Kelly plans to introduce legislation requiring the approval of the West Virginia Health Care Authority before a drug or alcohol abuse treatment center can open or expand.
“We need to stop this influx,” said Kelly, R-Wood.
There are 283 state-licensed treatment beds in Wood County, 203 of them within the city limits of Parkersburg, according to statistics from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and local facilities. That’s up from 30 in the space of five years.

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House Health Committee passes several bills in first week


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Partly cloudy skies. Slight chance of a rain shower. Low near 45F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.
Updated: April 12, 2021 @ 3:57 pm

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