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In almost every town or community throughout the county, there are clinics or specialized practices with one to a half-dozen doctors. It is not unusual, however, for routine appointments to be scheduled months in advance, although sickness and emergency cases are generally worked in. When moving to the Crystal Coast, it's best to arrive with a referral from your most recent doctor. Otherwise, as there is no medical referral service in Carteret County, ask a few Insiders for their recommendations and take the consensus. Home healthcare services help to bring people home earlier from surgeries, injuries and illnesses that have traditionally required hospital recoveries. A six-unit kidney dialysis unit able to serve 24 patients opened in early 1997 in Morehead City. The availability of these services continues to meet the healthcare needs of Crystal Coast residents. Alternative healthcare options available on the Crystal Coast enable and facilitate self-healing. Practitioners of a variety of holistic approaches to well-being address self-healing and the relief of pain in ways that include massage therapies, yoga and herbal remedies.
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HospitalsCarteret
General Hospital Carteret County's sole community hospital is Carteret General Hospital. The hospital's medical staff includes 52 active staff physicians representing most medical specialties plus 54 consulting staff physicians. The newly renovated 117-bed facility offers 24-hour emergency services plus top-quality patient services including lithotripsy for kidney stone treatment, vascular surgery, cancer treatments, cardiac care that includes an outpatient rehabilitation program, home health and hospice care. The hospital's full-service laboratory, imaging services and CT scanner provide state-of-the-art diagnostic services. The Raab Specialty Medical Clinic provides neurology, nephrology, pumonology and pediatric endocrinology services and other outpatient procedures. The Coleman Radiation Center, newly opened in 1997, is a collaboration between Carteret General Hospital and the East Carolina University School of Medicine's Department of Radiation Oncology. It provides high-quality radiation treatments for an average 350 patients a year. The Brady Birthing Center opened in July, 1997, and offers a comfortable birthing environment for the average 500 annual births Carteret General accommodates. Continual additions of facilities, services and equipment keep Carteret General Hospital abreast of the latest developments in medical diagnosis and treatment. The hospital operates Carteret Home Health Care, formerly a function of the Department of Social Services, which provides a continuum of care for recovering and long-term care patients. Hospice of Carteret County, formerly a service operated by volunteers, is now a service provided by Carteret General Hospital, which offers care and family relief for at-home patients. The hospital also has a community wellness program that offers health education services to employees of participating county businesses. If other facilities are needed, the hospital makes arrangements to air-evacuate patients by helicopter to Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville or to other larger city hospitals. This is sometimes necessary in the event of an extremely premature birth, severe burn or major head injury. Craven Regional Medical Center This major medical facility includes 24-hour emergency room service, outpatient surgery, diagnostic services, critical-care units, cardiac-care services offering diagnostic catheterization and open-heart surgery and radiation oncology. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), CT scanning, home care, long-term care for older adults, speech and language therapy, rehabilitation, adult psychiatric services and women's health services are also offered. For more information, see the Healthcare section of the New Bern chapter. Onslow Memorial Hospital This hospital is used by some residents of western Carteret County because Jacksonville is only about 20 miles from Swansboro. The facility offers 24-hour emergency service and admissions, ambulatory surgery, an oncology clinic, private birthing suites and in-and-out treatment for minor illnesses, injuries or emergencies. Considerable remodeling has improved the hospital's efficiency by relocating outpatient and administrative services. The urgent-care clinic provides non-emergency care services on an appointment or walk-in basis. The hospital houses its own poison control unit and has physicians on staff with a variety of specialties. Pitt County Memorial Hospital This large facility is affiliated with the East Carolina University School of Medicine and East Carolina Children's Hospital. It offers a wide spectrum of treatment, specialized staff and facilities that range from its well-known emergency room to a neonatal nursery used by smaller hospitals across the region. The hospital also has an orthoscopic surgery clinic and the Leo W. Jenkins Comprehensive Cancer Center, which provides radiation therapy, chemotherapy and oncologic surgery. Naval Hospitals In- and outpatient medical services are provided for active duty and retired military and their families at the Naval Regional Medical Center at Camp Lejeune, the U.S. Marine Corps Base at Jacksonville and the Cherry Point Naval Hospital at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Havelock.
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Home HealthcareSeveral home-healthcare businesses are available in Morehead City. These provide services to patients in the Crystal Coast area. Each offers nursing, rehabilitation therapies, medical social work, in-home aides, medical equipment and supplies. Carteret Home Health Care As a service of Carteret General Hospital, Carteret Home Health Care provides nursing-care services, recovery therapies, personal care and family aid services including bathing, meal preparation and light housekeeping. Special needs such as IV therapies, colostomy care, tube feedings and diabetic instruction are also available for patients departing the hospital and others requiring specialized care. Comprehensive Home Health Care Comprehensive Home Health Care is a private business that offers an expanding range of home-care services that speed recoveries and offer health services that shorten hospital stays. Additional services offered by this group include high-risk maternity care, pediatrics, pain management, chemotherapy, antibiotic therapy and comprehensive hospice care. They have offices that serve 40 counties in North and South Carolina. Home Technology Healthcare Home Technology Healthcare, formerly known as Tarheel Home Health Care, is a private business that offers a full range of healthcare services for recoveries and care at home. Complete nursing services are offered in all infusion drug therapies and rehabilitation therapies plus 24-hour private duty and HIV/AIDS case management. The CareFocus division extends assistance in living that ranges from companionship to skilled nursing.
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Routine
and specialized medical care, diagnostic procedures, treatment and surgery are available
and practiced routinely on the Crystal Coast. In cases requiring equipment or
specializations not presently available here, referrals are usually to nearby New Bern or
Greenville, which is no more than 2 hours away. In cases of emergency, residents and
visitors receive medical attention on a walk-in basis at several locations around the
county during weekday business hours. At other times Carteret General Hospital's emergency
room is the best bet. 