An Airbus EC135 medical transport helicopter operated by Carolina Air Care lands on the secondary helipad at Nash UNC Health Care. (File Photo)
HEALTH care By Amelia Harper
There are two primary hospitals in the Twin
beds available across several locations on the
rooms are especially designed for major
Counties: Nash UNC Health Care in Rocky
hospital campus. Through the years at Nash
traumas, minor surgeries, broken bones or
Mount and Vidant Edgecombe Hospital in
General Hospital and the added benefits of
special monitoring.
Tarboro.
the association with UNC Health, Nash UNC
The health care system also includes
Health Care now offers a growing number of
Nash Day Hospital, a surgical pavilion, a heart
specialty services.
center, a cancer center and a women’s center
Nash UNC Health Care offers an extensive array of medical services and primarily serves patients in Nash, Edgecombe, Halifax and
“Our staff and employees work hard to
Wilson counties. Established in 1971, Nash
make a difference in our community’s health,”
General Hospital has served patients in the
said Lee Isley, president and CEO of Nash
area for nearly 50 years.
UNC Health Care.
to meet specialized needs in updated medical environments. In addition, Coastal Plain Hospital offers psychiatric and substance abuse care to
In 2014, the former Nash Health Care
In addition to the main hospital facilities,
the community and the Bryant T. Aldridge
became affiliated with the UNC Health Care
the health care organization boasts a separate
Rehabilitation Center offers rehabilitation
system and changed its name to Nash UNC
emergency department with its own pediatric
services to patients who need additional
Health Care.
emergency unit and a total of 38 different
therapies before returning home.
Nash UNC Health Care has roughly 400
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treatment rooms. Some of these treatment
“We have been heavily focused on
