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Danville emergency crews prep doctors before patients get to hospital
WDBJ7 ReporterMonitoring a person's heartbeat and pulse has been a practice for more than one hundred years. Danville is taking the process and advancing it to the 21 century. Each of the city's fire engines now have its own portable electrocardiograms. The EKG...Tags: Cardiologists, Fires, Mike Jefferson, Heart Attack
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The Test That Saved One Salem Man's Life
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterOne Salem man feels lucky to be alive. If it weren't for a test he had done at LewisGale Medical Center he might not be. Jerry Brinkley is a husband, father and a grandfather who loves collecting, sitting on the front porch and talking walks with his...Tags: Cardiologists, Overweight, Weight, Medical Procedures and Tests, Heart Attack
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Twin County Regional Hospital in Galax to be bought by Duke
New ownership is in the works for a Galax hospital.
Duke Lifepoint Healthcare could soon own and operate Twin County Regional Healthcare (TCRH), in Galax.
The TCRH Board of Directors signed a partnership agreement with Duke, giving Duke Lifepoint an 80%...Tags: Corporate Officers, Environmental Issues, LifePoint Hospitals Inc., Conservation, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Healing the Heart through the Wrist
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterIt's a medical procedure that's done a lot, sometimes five or six times a day at Lewis Gale Medical Center. It's where a doctor places a tube into a patient's blood vessels to look at what's going on in a person's heart and vessels. It's also used to...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Cardiologists, Heart Disease, Hospitals and Clinics, Physical Conditions
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