Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (SVCHS) will be promoting National Nutrition Month during March to encourage patients to make informed food choices and develop sound eating and physical activity habits. National Nutrition Month was initiated in 1973 as National Nutrition Week, and it became a month-long observance in 1980 in […]
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Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems will be recognizing the month of March as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month to help incite awareness of colon cancer, a disease that can be prevented through screening One in 20 people will be diagnosed with colon cancer, and it is the second leading cause of […]
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Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems will be recognizing the month of January as Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. All throughout the month, patients are encouraged to wear teal to their appointments since teal is the official color of cervical cancer awareness. On Friday, January 17, 2020, SVCHS is dedicating the day […]
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All Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems will be closed on Wednesday December 25, 2019, to celebrate the Christmas holiday with our family and friends. We will open back up on Thursday, December 26, 2019 with our normal hours at each site. All sites will also be closed on Wednesday, January 1, […]
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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!
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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The Feria de la Salud has been set for Sunday, October 20 beginning at 1 p.m. at Grayson County High School and lasting until 5 p.m. This annual festival is hosted by Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems in partnership with Grayson County Health Department and is geared toward the Hispanic […]
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Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (SVCHS) is going pink during the month of October for breast cancer awareness. All throughout the month, patients are encouraged to wear pink to their visits since pink is the official color of breast cancer awareness. On Friday, October 18, 2019, SVCHS will be celebrating […]
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