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prismahealth Abccolumbia.com / Apr 23, 2021

According to Prisma Health, the mass vaccination site at Gamecock Park will be closed Saturday due to severe weather. Prisma says those with appointments scheduled for this day at Gamecock Park can come back any day next week and their appointment will be honored.

prismahealth The Times and Democrat / Apr 23, 2021

COLUMBIA -- Memorial seervices for Mr. Gary Theodore Bowden will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 24, 2021, at Palmer Memorial Chapel in Columbia. Mr. Bowden entered into eternal rest on April 14, 2021, in Columbia. He was the first-born of three children to Mrs. Ruth G.

prismahealth WLTX.com / Apr 22, 2021

An increase in overall deaths within the past year and other factors have contributed to financial strain with the office. RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. - The Richland County Coroner says the office has been in an emergency after an increase in overall deaths and other factors that's contributed to financial strain.

prismahealth WYFF4 Greenville / Apr 22, 2021

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prismahealth Greenville News / Apr 21, 2021

Three mobile vaccination vehicles, resembling a food truck but with Pfizer vaccines instead of phyllo dough, have been fanning out in Greenville County areas. So far, the mobile vaccine clinics have given out 1,700 vaccines in Greenville County at a half-dozen locations. Another seven locations, starting with Heritage Elementary School in Traveler's Rest on Saturday, are planned.

prismahealth Greenville News / Apr 21, 2021

Upstate hospitals are at odds over how to handle patients who are treated for opioid overdoses in emergency rooms. Prisma Health's Greenville Memorial Hospital and Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System give patients naloxone, the opioid overdose-reversal drug, as they're being discharged.

prismahealth WYFF4 Greenville / Apr 21, 2021

Augusta Road was blocked for several hours {copyShortcut} to copy Link copied! Hide Transcript Show Transcript FOUR-DAY PLUS COMING UP. GABRIELLE: PARELLA, THANK YOU. WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. WE JUST GOT NEW INFORMATION INTO OUR NEWSROOM ABOUT A DEADLY OVERNIGHT CRASH THAT HAPPENED IN GREENVILLE COUNTY.

prismahealth FierceHealthcare / Apr 21, 2021

Central Florida-based Health First has been hit with a class-action lawsuit alleging that the integrated health system built and maintained a monopoly over the local acute care market, leading to higher fees for patients and health plans.

prismahealth The State / Apr 21, 2021

A Midlands man was killed and two people were hospitalized following a head-on crash, officials said. Jamie Montgomery died at the scene of Tuesday night's wreck, Sumter County Coroner Robbie Baker said. The 46-year-old Sumter resident was driving a 2004 Ford Mustang that was involved in a two-vehicle collision, according to Master Trooper David Jones of South Carolina Highway Patrol.

prismahealth Greenville News / Apr 21, 2021

Talking about getting vaccinated may be what convinces people who are hesitant to get one, which is important because South Carolina is lagging national vaccination rates, said the state's assistant epidemiologist. It's even more important for people in the Upstate to share their vaccination experiences because the Upstate is lagging behind the South Carolina rates of vaccination, said Dr. Jane Kelly, the epidemiologist.

prismahealth FOX Carolina / Apr 21, 2021

(AP) - A Michigan father has moved his 7-year-old biracial daughter from one school to another after the child's hair was cut on separate occasions by a classmate and a teacher. Jimmy Hoffmeyer said Monday he also is considering taking his daughter, Jurnee, out of Mount Pleasant Public Schools and enrolling her in a private school.

prismahealth ColaDaily.com / Apr 20, 2021

Prisma Health Fertility Center of the Carolinas opened a new location in Columbia. The office will be located near Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge Hospital and began taking appointments Monday. Patients at this location will be served by doctors Chelsea W. Fox, Lisa J. Green, Creighton E. Likes, Paul B.