Wake Forest Baptist Health, provided
River Wilson spent the first 169 days of his life in the
neonatal intensive care unit at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
in Winston-Salem because he was born premature. The hospital has
the regionâs only Level IV NICU, which has experts who provide
specialized care for babies born as young as 22 weeks gestational
age, the hospital said.
GREENSBORO â He came into this world a few centimeters shorter than an average-sized Barbie doll. His mother couldnât hold him for the first month of his life. Thirty-two days to be exact.
The medical term is micro-preemie for babies born before 26 weeks gestation or weighing less than 1 pound, 12 ounces, although to parents Jessica and Hayden Wilson, their River â at 1 pound, 11 ounces â was just a tinier bundle of preciousness.
Forsyth County Considers Change In Jail s Health Care Provider by Keri Brown
4:43pm Apr 30, 2021 The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners discuss agenda items during an April meeting, including a committee recommendation to contract with NaphCare to provide medical services at the detention center. Screenshot: KERI BROWN/WFDD
Forsyth County commissioners are considering a proposal to hire a new medical provider for inmates at the county detention center.
Local activists have been calling for change following the death of John Neville. Five detention officers and one on-duty nurse were charged with involuntary manslaughter last year after the December 2019 death of Neville, who was detained at the jail.
A new Forsyth County park planned for the shores of Belews Lake is about as close to Reidsville or Greensboro as it is to Winston-Salem.
As a result, lawmakers from around the Triad are signing on to a bill that would appropriate $3 million from the stateâs Parks and Recreation Trust Fund to further the development of the park.
The bill was filed March 29 by N.C. Rep. Donny Lambeth, R-Forsyth, but has drawn support from other lawmakers representing Stokes, Surry, Rockingham and Guilford counties, and even one from Durham County.
âWhile the property is in Forsyth County, it is really a regional opportunity for that part of the state,â Lambeth said, explaining the regional support the bill has drawn.
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Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines said heâs glad to be basking in the proverbial light at the end of the pandemic tunnel.
However, he remains concerned that thereâs much recovery left to undertake over at least the next year, particularly K-12 students and small businesses and restaurants,
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âMost of the changes we were forced to make are temporary, and we have slowly been able to get back to some level of normalcy,â Joines said.
Joines issued Nov. 24 a COVID-19 declaration that authorizes city police and fire officials to enforce Gov. Roy Cooperâs order requiring people to wear face coverings in all public places.