News Archive
Granville Health System Hosts Awards Luncheon to Recognize Employees
On Tuesday, April 23, 2019, Granville Health System held the quarterly Employee Awards Luncheon. Employees were recognized for milestone lengths of service. The monthly Essential Piece Winners and second quarter Essential Piece Winner were recognized as well. The Essential Piece award is given to one employee each month (nominated by …READ MORE »
Granville Ambulance Chase Announces Results
The eighth annual Granville Ambulance Chase & Food Truck Rodeo announced the official results of the community event held on Saturday, March 16, 2019. The overall first place winner in the 10K race was Taylor Adams of Chapel Hill, NC. Taylor finished the 10K (6.2 miles) in 39.28 minutes. Hana …READ MORE »
Granville Health System Celebrates Granville County’s First Baby of 2019
Welcome baby Layla! Layla Casarrubias Cipriano made her entrance into the world at 1:35 p.m. on January 1 to become Granville Health System’s first baby of the year for 2019. Baby Layla, who weighed 6 lbs., 12 ½ oz. and measured 19” long, is the daughter of Sandra Cipriano Cortes …READ MORE »
Granville Health System Celebrates a Christmas Day Baby
Nathan Don Cox already has perfect timing and he’s just a newborn. Baby Nathan was born at 8:51 a.m. on December 25 to become a rare Christmas Day baby. Nathan, who weighed 6 lbs. 2.5 oz. and measured 20” long, is the son of Heather and Josh Cox of Buffalo …READ MORE »
GHS Unveils Remodeled South Granville Medical Center
Granville Health System (GHS) recently held a ribbon-cutting for the newly remodeled South Granville Medical Center. The building is the home of Granville Primary Care, Butner-Creedmoor as well as Granville ExpressCare and the Granville Occupational Medicine Program. “There is a need for increased access to quality primary care in this …READ MORE »
Granville Health System Names New CNO
Granville Health System (GHS) announced it has selected Ann Marie Holtzman-Wheeler as its Chief Nursing Officer. Holtzman-Wheeler has been serving in an interim capacity since August 2018. “I’ve been with Granville Health System since 2009 and always appreciated the organization’s commitment to quality and patient care,” said Holtzman-Wheeler. “I look …READ MORE »
GHS Breaks Ground on New Medical Office Building
Granville Health System (GHS) recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new medical office building that will be built on the health system’s main campus. The new building will become the home of Granville Primary Care, Oxford. Construction is expected to be completed next summer. “The new medical office building …READ MORE »
GHS Cares: Fatty Liver Disease
Obesity has grown to epidemic proportions in the Western World, with an estimated prevalence of 39.8% (93.3 million US adults) and $147 billion spent in annual healthcare costs. With obesity being an important risk factor for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and World Obesity Day being acknowledged on October 11th, …READ MORE »
Granville Health System Deploys Emergency Response Team to Eastern NC
Granville Health System (GHS) announced that a seven-member GHS team of clinicians was recently deployed to Onslow Memorial Hospital in response to the emergent needs presented by Hurricane Florence. The team departed on September 18 and returned on September 23. The North Carolina Healthcare Association (NCHA) coordinated the needs of …READ MORE »
GHS Cares: Health Topics from Your Local Family Doctors- Pancreatitis
We aren’t sure all of you are familiar with this month’s featured organ, the pancreas. Pancreatitis means inflammation of the pancreas, and for most of us, we aren’t thinking about the pancreas too often. The pancreas is a small organ in your upper abdomen between your stomach and liver. It …READ MORE »