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Granville Health System Now Operating Stovall Medical Center

In order to ensure quality medical care is available closer to patients in the area, Granville Health System (GHS) worked with the local Stovall community to operate Stovall Medical Center effective March 1, 2008.

Hours for Stovall Medical Center, which is located at 100 Durham Street just off U.S. 15 in the heart of Stovall, NC will be Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. by appointment, although walk-ins are welcome.

The Center will operate with a full-time staff, including a patient coordinator, an x-ray technician, and a physician assistant. To ensure continuity, Dr. Michael Mahan has agreed to continue to serve as Medical Director for the facility.

Stovall Medical Center offers a full range of clinical services, including laboratory and X-ray services. The Health System has already started upgrading the accounting and billing, and computer software systems at Stovall.

“Granville Health System is excited to be included in this partnership with Stovall. It is our mission to improve access to medical care for our communities and this opportunity allows us to ensure more services are available to area residents," says Granville Health System CEO L. Lee Isley, PhD, FACHE.

“Our main goal is to have a health care provider in northern Granville County to provide local access to medical care for our residents,” says Bill Frazier, President of Stovall Medical Center’s Board of Directors. “We want to offer stability for the patients at Stovall Medical Center. We are very happy with the recent changes and are pleased that we were able to partner with Granville Health System.”

James Lumpkins, who serves as a member of Stovall Medical Center's board, a trustee of Granville Health System, and Chairman of the County Commissioners, says the Stovall facility dates back roughly 30 years.

According to Lumpkins, Stovall was long served by a country doctor, J.S. Bradsher. After Bradsher's death, residents got together, Lumpkins said. "They had fundraisers and did everything they could think of so they could build the facility. They were fortunate enough to get medical professionals to come in over the years," Lumpkins said.

At their January 28, 2008 meeting, the GHS Board of Trustees reviewed and approved a management proposal to move forward with an agreement for GHS to manage operations at Stovall Medical Center.

For information about Stovall Medical Center, call (919) 690-8880

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Prepared Childbirth Education Offered to Expectant Mothers

Oxford, NC (July 14, 2008) – Prepared Childbirth Education Classes are held at Granville Medical Center, 1010 College Street in Oxford, NC every Thursday night from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM in the Education Classroom Room. The classes specialize in the education of mothers and couples interested in empowering themselves with knowledge regarding pregnancy, the birthing process, postpartum care, and newborn care. Spouses and/or one significant other are welcome to attend the classes.

Topics covered in the classes include nutrition and exercise during pregnancy, pain management options, signs and symptoms of labor, breathing and relaxation techniques, epidural anesthesia, pre-term labor, timing of contractions, positioning in labor, roles of the coach, vaginal and Cesarean deliveries, and appearance and care of the newborn. A tour of the Family Centered Birthing Center at Granville Medical Center is included in the course.

Prepared Childbirth Education Classes are usually attended by pregnant women who are between 24-32 weeks of pregnancy. However, since class sizes are limited and advance registration is required, the instructors recommend that women who are expecting a baby sign up as early as possible. Every effort will be made to fit them into a class series that is close to their due date. Women who are scheduled to deliver their babies at any hospital are welcome to attend. They need not deliver at Granville Medical Center.

To register for the classes, call the Childbirth Education Department at 919-690-3208.

Instructors for the classes will be Shelley Whitehead, RNC and Anne Jones, RNC, both of whom are practicing Registered Nurses in the Medical Center’s Obstetrics/Labor and Delivery Department. Both nurses have completed specialized continuing education classes to receive their certification from Prepared Childbirth Educators, Inc., a nationally accredited organization.

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