--MEDIA ALERT--
2/10/2013
For Immediate Release: February 10, 2013
Contact: Jennifer Lambert (336) 848-1342
High Point Regional Health System
--MEDIA ALERT--
At 3:55 a.m. a car drove through the front entrance of the High Point Regional Emergency Department. The driver is currently being evaluated. There was a passenger in the car that has been evaluated and released. There were no other injuries in this accident.
The Emergency Department remains open, both for walk in and EMS patients. The building was evaluated and the hospital is structurally sound. No other patient services have been disrupted.
About High Point Regional As part of a not-for-profit Health System governed by a volunteer, community-based board of trustees, High Point Regional offers a wide variety of inpatient and outpatient care. High Point Regional, the largest piece of the Health System, offers 381 private beds for medical and surgical patients and has its foundation in six primary service areas: Carolina Regional Heart Center, The Hayworth Cancer Center, The Neuroscience Center, The Esther R. Culp Women's Center, The Emergency Center and The Piedmont Joint Replacement Center. High Point Regional’s mission is to provide exceptional health services to the people of this region. For more information, visit www.highpointregional.com.
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