John McCabe | Apr 7, 2021
Meet Albert Wright Previously chief operating officer of WVU Medicine, CEO of J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital Senior-level administrator at UPMC in Pittsburgh and Ohio Health in Columbus Master’s degree in health administration from the Ohio State University Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Florida Married, four children
WHEELING The wait was worth it for Albert Wright.
As president and CEO of WVU Medicine in Morgantown, the “academic health system of the land-grant university of the state of West Virginia,” Wright said it’s long been a goal of the health system to gain entry into the Northern Panhandle and Upper Ohio Valley markets. That initially came to fruition a few years ago with the acquisition of WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital in Glen Dale, and was further cemented with the addition of WVU Medicine Wetzel County Hospital.
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Looking around Wheeling Hospital, its inclusion into the West Virginia University Health System is obvious.
The “Flying WV,” the logo synonymous with WVU, can be found prominently and abundantly. Yet, Wheeling Hospital CEO Douglass Harrison said that the hospital joining the WVU team is much more than a cosmetic change. It’s a change that he feels will benefit Wheeling and the Ohio Valley immediately and well into the future.
“You’re joining a world-class academic health center and health system,” Harrison said. “As a part of that, WVU medicine will provide the resources necessary to make sure Wheeling Hospital is successful. If you look around our system, every hospital that we’ve brought in, if you look from day one and look through a three-year scope, you’ve seen growth.
Screening camps, walks, bike rallies mark World Cancer Day
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On World Cancer Day, government and private hospitals in Telangana held a series of programmes, including walks and bike rallies, to generate awareness about the disease.
MNJ Institute of Oncology Regional Cancer Centre organised a walk on Thursday, during which effigies of tobacco products were burnt. Director Dr. N. Jayalatha said that they have explained the consequences of using tobacco products to owners of pan shops and customers there, as part of the programme.
Essay writing competitions were also held for cancer patients and doctors there. The topic given to patients was their journey through cancer, problems faced during treatment, and what do they intend to do after recovery. Doctors were asked to write about issues faced while treating cancer patients during COVID-19.