The Boards of Self Regional Healthcare and Piedmont Health Group announced today that they have reached an agreement that will bring the majority of Piedmont Health Group practices into Self Medical Group, the physician practice division of Self Regional Healthcare.
The Self Regional Heart and Vascular Center is launching a community-based Automatic External Defibrillator, or AED, grant program. Our goal is to increase awareness of what to do in a cardiac emergency, train more people on how to perform hands-only CPR and to equip various facilities in the area with AEDs in case of an emergency.
Self Regional Healthcare’s Volunteer Services department is now accepting applications for student volunteers for the summer. Student volunteers are an important part of the health system’s volunteer program, and offer young adults a first-hand experience into the day-to-day operations of a healthcare environment. Self Regional has a maximum of 35 slots for high school volunteers, so students are encouraged to begin and submit their applications prior to the April 17 deadline.
Self Regional Healthcare has welcomed three new members to its Board of Trustees. S.C. Governor Nikki Haley appointed construction business owner Hubert “Joe” Chandler; financial executive James M. Manley, Jr., CPA; and retired IBM executive Linda T. McDonald to six-year terms on the board.
At this time, Self Regional Medical Center is placing temporary visitation restrictions to protect our patients and other visitors against the spread of flu. If you have any respiratory illness or are a child age 12 and younger, we request that you do not visit hospitalized patients at Self Regional Medical Center.
The SRH Foundation has announced that Newberry native Julie Culbertson is the recipient of the second annual M. John and Drenda Heydel Respiratory Therapy Scholarship. Culbertson is in her final year of the respiratory therapy program, and plans to work with Critical Care patients with her RT degree.
SRH has awarded $268,700 in its latest round of community improvement grants, to help local organizations provide emergency defibrillators in public places, offer preventive health measures, provide treatment for children and adults of sexual violence and abuse, and assist bilingual/bicultural patients who require healthcare. 2014 Community Health Grants Now Total $858,200.
One of Greenwood’s first internal medicine physicians, Dr. Wiley Price, Jr., was honored with the 2014 Lights for Love Star. Dr. Price laid the groundwork for specialists and other internists to join the greater Greenwood community over the next 60 years.
Holiday lights will be twinkling at Self Regional Medical Center on Thursday, Dec. 11th during the 2014 annual Lights for Love tree lighting ceremony at 5:30 p.m.
The 27th Annual Mid-Winter Ball will be co-chaired by Priya Kumar, M.D., and Megha Lal. This signature community event, scheduled for Saturday, February 28, 2015, will feature an exotic theme “A Passage To India” that takes guests on an incredible journey.