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Neo One: Centra Health's neonatal ambulance

November 14, 2022
"We need to transfer your newborn to another hospital." Those are the last words any parent wants to hear especially the parents of premature babies, but now parents in regions without a Newborn In
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Nursing scholarship fund established

November 14, 2022
This story was originally published in 2021. 
Foundation story

Grateful Patient Giving: John Stafford

November 14, 2022
Nearing the end of his hike to Tinker Cliffs on the Appalachian Trail, Bedford resident John Stafford wouldn’t have known he was suffering a heart attack.
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Grateful Patient Giving : Gary Cantwell

November 2, 2022
Gary Cantwell still remembers exactly where he was on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve in 2012: he was a patient in Centra Lynchburg General Hospital for that entire time.
Foundation story

Grateful Patient Giving : Kim Miller

November 2, 2022
Kim Miller was accustomed to seeing her father, Billy, on a daily basis. After Kim’s mother died in 2004, Billy moved from Roanoke to Forest to be closer to Kim, her husband and their daughter.
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Centra and Lifepoint Rehabilitation Plan New Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility

November 2, 2022
Centra has announced it is partnering with Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health, to joint venture a new rehabilitation facility to serve the needs of the greater Lynchburg
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A checkup and storytime

November 1, 2022
Joining well child visits at the Centra Medial Group Village this summer: “Clifford the Big Red Dog.” Not to mention dinosaurs, tadpoles and other fun characters.
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A toy story

November 1, 2022
Small items. Big difference.
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Paving the way

November 1, 2022
With a midwifery apprenticeship background, Andrea assisted midwives with home births in her local community of Hurt, Virginia.
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Bowen family's legacy gift

November 1, 2022
A $1.84 million legacy estate gift from a local family at the end of the last decade is supporting Centra’s nursing program during a critical moment for the profession and healthcare system.