All Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems will be closed on Thursday, November 28, 2019, to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with our family and friends. We will open back up on Friday, November 29, 2019 with our normal hours at each site. Happy Thanksgiving!
We’ve all heard that the turkey you eat on Thanksgiving Day is what makes you sleepy after the big meal because it contains the amino acid Tryptophan. Tryptophan is found in turkey and it can eventually convert to serotonin (a sleep hormone), but it does not act alone. It is […]
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (SVCHS) welcomes new medical provider, Edgar Camargo, MD, to the Saltville Medical Center to serve as a Primary Care Physician. Dr. Camargo comes to SVCHS with a vast background of experiences to share with his patients. He attended medical school at State University of New […]
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (SVCHS)’s Twin City Medical Center hosted the University of Virginia’s (UVA) Mobile Mammogram Coach on Thursday, November 7, 2019 with big improvements from last year. This year, there was a 13% no-show rate in comparison with the 41% from last year. 13 total patients were […]
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (SVCHS) held multiple donation drives at each site during the month of October in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Each site, Meadowview Health Clinic, Saltville Medical Center, T.K. McKee, Tazewell Community Health Center, and Twin City Medical Center, held a scarf and hat drive, […]
Santa Claus will be making his yearly appearance at each of the Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems’ locations. Santa will be making his first stop at the Twin City Medical Center in Bristol, Va. on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. The next stop will be […]
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (SVCHS) hosted a school supply drive to benefit local schools in their respective site’s service area. SVCHS has four locations, plus administrative offices and the T.K McKee building, which is home to New Day Recovery, Billing, and Southwest Virginia Regional Dental Center. Each of the […]
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (SVCHS) have partnered up with the Saltville-Rich Valley Lions Club and Saltville Public Library to raise awareness about diabetes during the month of November. November 14, 2019 is World Diabetes Day. Employees from SVCHS and members of the Saltville-Rich Valley Lions Club will be set […]