Earlier this year, Florence County purchased 10 powered ambulance cots, which are powered by a hydraulic system that raises and lowers a patient with the touch of a button. The cots were purchased in an effort to reduce lifting injuries among EMS workers.

South Carolina Secretary of State Mark Hammond announced this year’s charitable organizations list of “Scrooges and Angels” Wednesday in Columbia. 

People who purchased a meal at a fundraiser Friday in Conway are urged to dispose of any leftover food from the event, as the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control has begun an investigation into a possible food borne outbreak.

Williamsburg Regional Hospital and Williamsburg Technical College have received a $250,000 grant from The Duke Endowment to maintain nursing training through Williamsburg Tech’s practical nursing program

In an effort to protect inpatients and visitors, Marion Regional Healthcare System has announced visitation restrictions throughout the flu season.

City of Marion Mayor Rodney Berry signs a proclamation acknowledging November as National Hospice Month in the city, a time set aside to encourage citizens to increase their awareness of hospice service.

Dr. Dennis L. Burrows bade good riddance to the frigid weather in Kalamazoo, Mich., but brought one of his specialties with him en route to becoming executive director of the Pee Dee Speech and Hearing Center.

A Lake City native and retired circuit court judge has been appointed as a member of the board of advisors of Duke University’s Institute on Care at the End of Life.

Florence School District 1 held H1N1 flu vaccination clinics Wednesday at all of its schools. All of the vaccinations were provided to the students free of charge through a partnership with the Department of Health and Environmental control.

Decorated Christmas trees, holiday wreaths, miniature trees, mantle pieces and centerpieces will transform the McLeod Medical Plaza during the 2009 Festival of Trees, a two-week long holiday event benefiting the McLeod Children’s Hospital.

Florence City Council members voted 4-3 against an ordinance that would have imposed a smoking ban in most public places.

Miss Florence Bree Boyce kicked off her “Eating Healthy, Fighting Obesity” campaign as she spoke to more than 300 children at All Saints Episcopal Day School on Monday, November 9, 2009. Boyce used to weigh 230 pounds but has lost nearly 100 pounds and since has been crowned Miss Florence.

A Choice 2 M8K Crisis Pregnancy Care Center is holding its yard sale fundraiser from 6 to 11 a.m. Saturday.

Free H1N1 flu vaccine is being made available to all students of Horry County Schools beginning Monday.

Florence School District 1 elementary school students will be able to receive the H1N1, or swine flu, vaccine Wednesday.