Following North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion that went into effect Dec. 1, Craven County’s Department of Social Services has seen a nearly 100% increase in applications, according to DSS Director Geoffrey Marett. Marett said the numbers were “quite staggering” compared to the same […]
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Updated on October 11: No charges will be filed in the September 12 hit-and-run incident in New Bern that left one person dead. According to a press release from the New Bern Police Department, after a thorough investigation by the department’s Traffic
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Craven County has committed $300,000 to renew a multi-county partnership that provides funding for Dix Crisis Center in Jacksonville, which officials describe as an essential component in the county’s battle against opioid addiction. On June 19 the Craven County Board of Commissioners
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The heart team at CarolinaEast Health System announced they are now offering Abbott’s Amplatzer Amulet Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluder as a minimally invasive therapy to treat people in the U.S. with atrial fibrillation (AFib) who are at risk of ischemic stroke.
CarolinaEast Medical Center recently hosted the annual conference for the Southeast Clinical Oncology Research Consortium. SCOR is a group of community physicians composed of Medical Oncologists, Surgeons and Radiation Oncologists located in the southeastern United States. For their first in-person conference since
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Effective March 31, 2023 UNC Health and CarolinaEast Health System announced today that the two organizations have mutually agreed to end their affiliation, which has been in effect since July 1, 2021. “CarolinaEast and UNC Health have reached a mutual agreement that
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The CarolinaEast Foundation and local nonprofit representatives gathered on Wednesday, September 14 in a true testament of their shared mission to make our communities stronger and healthier. The Foundation distributed checks that made up the $132,801 available to disburse from the Foundation’s
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CarolinaEast Health System has been recognized on Newsweek’s list of America’s Best Physical Rehabilitation Centers 2022. This prestigious award is presented by Newsweek and Statista Inc. The 2022 list lands CarolinaEast Rehabilitation Hospital as #3 in North Carolina. The America’s Best Physical
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Over $400,000 Will Serve Local Healthcare Needs in Eastern NC The CarolinaEast Foundation is proud to announce the final results of the 2021 CarolinaEast Health System Employee Campaign. “Rise Up by Lifting Others”, with nearly 50% of the work force at CarolinaEast
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On July 16, 2021, Dr. Dean Ouano, an ophthalmologist at Coastal EyeEye Clinic, performed North Carolina’s first iris transplant at the CarolinaEast Surgery Center in New Bern. The surgery was performed on Capt. Kamil Szmyglewski, an active duty Marine currently stationed at
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