COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– There is one more way you can seek help online if you think you may have Coronavirus symptoms. Prisma Health has launched an online interactive symptom-checker for COVID-19. Prisma Health says the service is free and you do not have to be a patient at Prisma Health. Per Prisma Health, here’s what you can do to check…
SUMTER,. SC (WOLO)–Drive through Coronavirus testing is now available in Sumter. Prisma Health Toumey has been added as a drive through site. Prisma Health officials say the testing is only for those with orders from their provider or a Prisma Health Virtual Visit provider. No paper orders will be accepted. According to a release from the hospital, the tests will…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Prisma Health officials announced Monday they are now offering limited drive-through testing for Coronavirus. The Columbia site is outside Prisma Health Richland Hospital. According to officials, testing is only for patients with electronic orders from their Prisma Health provider or from a Prisma Health Virtual Visit provider. Paper orders from physicians will not be accepted, say hospital…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — Leaders at Prisma Health Midlands are providing updates on the health care system’s preparedness for the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19. The Prisma Health team is discussing the extensive protocol used to care for Coronavirus patients within the hospital system. “Anyone that comes in with febrile respiratory symptoms, such as a cough, is immediately placed in…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Prisma Health is set to take over Kershaw Health in Camden, and Providence Health in Columbia. In a release Thursday, Prisma Health and LifePoint Health officials announced that they have signed an agreement for Prisma Health–Midlands to acquire Kershaw Health and Providence Health. Officials say the additions will allow Prisma Health–Midlands to continue to enhance the health…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Prisma Health is laying off more than 300 people. Officials announced on Thursday that they will be cutting 327 employees from the workforce. Prisma Health employs 32,000, according to officials. According to officials, they have already eliminated 200 positions through attrition, vacancies and consolidation, since October. In a release, officials said the 327 employees will be…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Some newborns at Prisma Health were all decked out for the National Championship. On Monday, in honor of the Clemson Tigers appearance in the National Championship, Prisma Health offered Clemson onesies to all new babies. Clemson onesie -Courtesy Prisma Health Meet baby Marshall, born to parents Josh and Brittany of Gaston, SC at 6:52 a.m on Monday at…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– On Sunday October 13, Prisma Health will sponsor the 29th annual “Hearts and Hands Forever Walk”. It will take place at 3 p.m., at Riverfront Park, 312 Laurel St., Columbia. According to Prisma Health officials, the quarter-mile memorial walk is for anyone whose life has been touched by the loss of a baby, through either miscarriage, stillbirth,…
Prisma Health Children’s Hospital of the Midlands is offering free flu shots to help protect parents and kids from the flu season.
For years, Brandon Zinn has been driven by a childhood passion.
