Carilion Clinic loosening visitation restrictions by allowing two visitors per patient
The transition for some area hospitals will begin May 26
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ROANOKE, Va. – As coronavirus cases decrease in our area, Carilion Clinic is set to loosen visitation restrictions for patients.
Carilion will transition its visitation restrictions from the yellow level, which only allowed adult patients one visitor, to the green level, which will allow for each adult patient to have two visitors per day during an inpatient stay.
At this level, hospital waiting rooms are still closed.
The following hospitals in our area will move to the green level starting on Wednesday, May 26:
Over 80 organizations attending our Virginia Conference next week Matt Beuschlein | Apr 21, 2021
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We are looking forward to seeing a few hundred of our best friends in Virginia health care and health policy next week at the 2021 Virginia State of Reform Health Policy Conference!
We get about half of our registration in the last week or so. And, since we’re in that window we, wanted to share with you the list of organizations who will be attending our event next week. It’s an impressive list and one that we’re honored to host and convene on April 29th!
Youâd be hard pressed to bump into anyone these days who doesnât have something to say about the COVID-19 vaccines.
Ask instead what they know about treatments for the coronavirus, and the conversation would be less robust. Some might recall hearing about an experimental cocktail that President Donald Trump got back in October that included Regeneronâs monoclonal antibody.
But too few know that it s been authorized for use, that Carilion Clinic has monoclonal antibodies, and that if given within the first days of an infection, it keeps the disease from progressing in people most at risk for entering the hospital and dying.
Virginia State Police respond to crash that left one dead, one seriously injured chathamstartribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chathamstartribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
NEWS RELEASE: At 11:25 a.m. Saturday (Dec. 12), Virginia State Police responded to a crash in Franklin County.
A 2012 Toyota Camry was traveling north on Route 220, just north of Route 608 (Fork Mountain Rd.), in the left lane when it crossed the center line and struck a 2016 Peterbuilt tractor trailer traveling in the right lane. The impact of the crash caused the Camry to run off the left side of the road. It stuck a culvert in the median and overturned.
The driver of the Camry, Betty S. Wade, 74, of Martinsville, Va. was transported for treatment of serious injuries. She was not wearing a seatbelt.