LeConte Medical Center Sneak Peek
February 4, 2010
The excitement is building! The new LeConte Medical Center opens February 15, 2010…offering a full array of medical specialties and outstanding medical technology. It’s a $115 million investment in the health of Sevier County, brought to you by Covenant Health.
You’re invited to a sneak peek of the new LeConte Medical Center before it opens! Join us Thursday, February 4, 2010, from 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., to tour the new medical center and Thompson Cancer Survival Center.
Featuring all-private patient rooms, an expanded Emergency Department, and a beautiful building designed to promote efficient flow of patient services, this sneak peek event is one you won’t want to miss! Come discover all that LeConte Medical Center has to offer and why you should Count on LeConte!
Closer. Advanced. Care. It’s all here, all for you.
LeConte Medical Center ~ Opening February 15, 2010
You're invited to a sneak peek of LeConte Medical Center You’re invited to a sneak peek of the new LeConte Medical Center before it opens! Join us Thursday, February 4, 2010, from 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., to tour the new medical center and Thompson Cancer Survival Center.
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Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center will offer the StrokeScore & More screening on Tuesday, November 17, 2009.
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Fort Sanders Diabetes Center and Covenant Passport present lunch and learnJoin Carolyn Zibas, RN, BS, CDE, and Ellen McPherson, RD, CDE, from the Fort Sanders Diabetes Center, to learn more about Living with Diabetes. This lunch and learn presentation will be held Thursday, November 12, 2009, from Noon – 1 p.m., at the Fort Sanders Sevier Senior Center.
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Fort Sanders Sevier Physical Therapists receive board certificationFort Sanders Sevier Medical Center recognizes Mike Ray, PT, MS, OCS, and David Ellis, PT, MPT, OCS, ATC, both Physical Therapists at the Fort Sanders Sevier Therapy Center in Seymour, for becoming board-certified physical therapy clinical specialists in Orthopaedics.
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2010 Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon Registration Opens
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Record-breaking $75,000 Dolly Parton Auction Item Highlights 20th Annual Evening of EleganceSabrina Taylor and Tabitha Hall of Gatlinburg, Tenn., set a new record with their $75,000 purchase of an unprecedented auction item donated by Dolly Parton to the Dr. Robert F. Thomas Foundation’s 20th anniversary Evening of Elegance fundraiser Saturday evening (Aug. 15) at Mills Auditorium in Gatlinburg.
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