Featured Spotlight Mission Hospital McDowell achieves ‘Baby-Friendly’ re-designation Mike Conley Mar 24, 2026 Mar 24, 2026 Updated Sep 16, 2026 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mission Hospital McDowell in Marion has been officially re-designated as a Baby-Friendly hospital by Baby-Friendly USA.kAm~C:8:?2==J 56D:8?2E65 :? a_a_[ E9:D :?E6C?2E:@?2= C64@8?:E:@? 4@?7:C>D E96 9@DA:E2=’D @?8@:?8 2596C6?46 E@ E96 9:896DE 8=@32= DE2?52C5D 7@C >@E96C\323J 3@?5:?8 2?5 :?72?E 7665:?8]k^AmkAm%96 q23J\uC:6?5=J :?:E:2E:G6[ DA@?D@C65 3J E96 (@C=5 w62=E9 ~C82?:K2E:@? W(w~X 2?5 &}xrtu[ 9@?@CD 724:=:E:6D E92E AC:@C:E:K6 6G:56?46\32D65 42C6[ DF49 2D :>>65:2E6 D<:?\E@\D<:? 4@?E24E 2?5 C@@>:?8\:?] %96D6 AC24E:46D 2C6 AC@G6? E@ :>AC@G6 962=E9 @FE4@>6D 2?5 AC@G:56 ?6H3@C?D H:E9 E96 36DE A@DD:3=6 DE2CE :? =:76[ 244@C5:?8 E@ 2 ?6HD C6=62D6]k^Am kAm“%9:D C6\56D:8?2E:@? 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Mission Health’s mountain medical helicopter celebrates 40 years of service “I was running a race one day and a guy comes up to me and thanks me, telling me I flew his daughter last week. We are very lucky to do what we do.”
HCA Healthcare invests more than $32 million in Mission Health facilities across WNC At Mission Hospital McDowell in Marion, a $500,000 HCA Healthcare investment is supporting operating room improvements.
In a reversal, NC Health Plan moves some Atrium hospitals to mid-tier for 2027 The decision comes after pushback from an earlier announcement that designated the facilities as “non-preferred.”
Wake County commissioners approve Atrium Health-WakeMed deal Jamila Headley, executive director of The Patients Union, said Wake County residents "will look back on this day as a sad moment in history."
Wake Forest regenerative medicine institute expanding outer space research reach “Our mission is to translate breakthroughs into life-saving clinical realities," said Dr. Anthony Atala, director of Wake Forest University In…
