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Get Vaccinated: A Message from Your Community Physicians
September 8, 2021
As physicians caring for our Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital communities, we are asking everyone who is eligible to please get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. It is important to do everything you can, now, to protect yourself, your family members, and friends.
read moreA Message From Our CEO
August 24, 2021
Our communities are seeing an increase in COVID infections and we are experiencing the effects of that in our hospitals with an increased inpatient census and more people testing positive in our emergency departments, urgent care and physician practices. Hospital resources are being stretched with this surge as our ICU...
read moreAllergy Season is Here
April 16, 2021
You know what they say: April showers bring May flowers. But they also bring pollen, ragweed, and a slew of other wheeze-, sneeze-, and sniffle-inducing allergens. At Harris Regional Hospital, we’re committed to making communities healthier, and one way we do that is by helping you manage your springtime allergies. First...
read moreYour Health Means Everything: Taking Care of Yourself in a Post-Pandemic World
April 15, 2021
Life has changed in ways both big and small over the last year. Plans were suspended and priorities shifted as we cautiously made our way through a situation that we had never experienced, much less imagined would happen. As we get closer than ever to putting the COVID-19 pandemic behind...
read moreHarris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital grow interventional pain service with additional providers and self-referrals
February 25, 2021
Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital are pleased to continue to expand pain services across western North Carolina by welcoming Austin Albright, MD, Priscilla Agbenyefia, MD, and Widad Alami, PA-C. Dr. Albright, Dr. Agbenyefia, and Alami join Ed Lewis, MD in providing pain services at the hospitals’ three locations:...
read moreHarris Regional Hospital welcomes otolaryngologist Dr. Jaron Densky
November 16, 2020
Harris Regional Hospital is pleased to welcome otolaryngologist Jaron Densky, MD to Mountain Ear, Nose & Throat. Dr. Densky joins John Buenting, MD, Shawn Kosnik, DO, Robin Pope, Ph.D., PA-C, Annelise Davis, PA-C, Paige Snow Brinke, PA-C, Selena Rogers, Au.D., John Smith, Jr, Au.D. in providing services to the western...
read moreEnd of Year Care: Give Yourself the Gift of Good Health
November 5, 2020
As we enter the final months of what has certainly been an unprecedented year, health and well-being has perhaps never been more at the forefront of our thoughts. The ongoing pandemic has shown us that it continues to be imperative for us to make our physical health a priority. Preventive care...
read moreCelebrating Safely: How to keep you, your family and your community healthy this holiday season
November 5, 2020
The final two months of the year are traditionally filled with a number of opportunities to celebrate with family, friends and co-workers. Of course, 2020 has been anything but a traditional year, thanks in no small part to the ongoing pandemic. As we continue to fight COVID-19 and work to...
read moreBlood Donation: How You Can Aid in the COVID-19 Fight and Make Your Community Healthier
November 5, 2020
By: LaCrystal Gordon, MSN, RN, Chief Nursing Officer Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood – but only about 10 percent of those who are eligible to give actually make a blood donation each year. Donated blood is a necessary part of helping patients cope with a wide variety...
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