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Al Stroobants Foundation awards Centra Foundation $360,000 grant to support heart & vascular care

December 19, 2022
The Centra Foundation is pleased to announce it has received a $360,000 grant from the Al Stroobants Foundation to meet the need for echocardiograms.
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U.S. News & World Report awards Centra Virginia Baptist Hospital-High Performing Designation for Maternity Care

December 6, 2022
U.S. News & World Report has awarded Centra Virginia Baptist Hospital with the “High Performing” Designation for Maternity Care. 
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Centra board of directors welcomes four new members

December 1, 2022
In the coming year, Centra’s Board of Directors will be welcoming three new members to the board. The new directors, Alison Morrison-Shetlar, Ph.D., John A. Fees and Gloria T.
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Let's talk about RSV

November 23, 2022
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Let's talk about mobile mammography

November 23, 2022
 
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ICN celebrates 50th anniversary

November 18, 2022
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) located at Centra Virginia Baptist Hospital (VBH) is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in November. 
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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. 
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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.