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Network: April/May 2007
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| Groundbreaking for Sentara BelleHarbour |  Sentara BelleHarbour Breaks Ground in Suffolk
A community groundbreaking was held March 21, 2007 at Sentara BelleHarbour, a comprehensive 20-acre outpatient medical complex planned for north Suffolk, less than a mile from the interchange of Rt. 17 and I-664. Initial plans for the medical campus include the opening of a 75,000 square foot facility featuring: a free-standing, 24-hour Emergency Department, advanced imaging, laboratory, physical therapy, a sports medicine center and primary and specialty physician offices. The Sentara BelleHarbour campus will provide residents of Suffolk, Portsmouth and Chesapeake, as well as Isle of Wight County, easy access to emergency care and other vital health care services. Opening of the first phase is scheduled for spring 2008. Take a virtual video “tour” of Sentara BelleHarbour and the groundbreaking ceremony.
Sentara Home Care Services Expands to Richmond
Sentara Home Care Services opened two offices in Richmond January 1, 2007. Its office in the Innsbrook section of the city, is offering home health, including rehabilitative therapies and pediatrics, and infusion services. With its acquisition of a Home Medical and Respiratory Services company in Chester, Sentara Home Care Services is now also offering those services in the Greater Richmond area as well, making it a full-service home care agency in that marketplace. Sentara Home Care plans to add Hospice Care in 2008. Its service area now extends from Richmond to northeastern North Carolina.
Sentara School of Health Professions Nursing Program Expands for Peninsula Residents
 Sentara School of Health Professions has extended an RN Distance Learning Program to Peninsula residents. Participating nursing students will attend live broadcast classes at ODU’s Peninsula Higher Education Center in Hampton, and interact with instructors and students in real time at Sentara School of Health Professions. Quality, hands-on clinical training takes place at Sentara CarePlex Hospital and Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center, as well as other Sentara hospitals. Classes begin in August and applications are still being accepted. Call (757) 388-2900 to apply or learn about the next information session on this exciting new option on the Peninsula.
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