New Hanover Regional Medical Center

A Wilmington civic group is jump starting a new fund to help out children in need. Optimist of the Port City established the Pediatric Pharmacy Fund. Full story...

Mission Ready is a program that collects expired medical and surgical supplies that cannot be used in the US due to strict guidelines. Doctors say the materials and supplies are still fine to use, especially in places like Haiti, which is still recovering from January's devastating earthquake. Full story...

The Optimist of the Port City Club donated 100 handmade dolls to New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Doctors and nurses at the Betty H. Cameron Women's & Children's Hospital will use the dolls to support play therapy. It's also a way to show sick children procedures they'll be going through. Full story...

The man who drove his truck into New Hanover Regional Medical Center has been transferred to another facility. Full story...

A New Hanover Regional Medical Center spokeswoman says at 6:24 a.m. Friday a New Hanover County 911 dispatcher called the hospital's special police to notify officers that the 911 center had just received a call from a man who said he was on his way to the hospital and planned to drive into the emergency room. Full story...

For the third year in a row the Rotary Club honored an organization for its Community Recognition Day. Full story...

The public is invited to bring their unneeded and expired medications to be disposed of in a safe, convenient and environmentally sound manner. Full story...

Dr. George Huffmon, a neurological surgeon at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, stopped by Good Morning Carolina to talk about one type of back surgery. Full story...

It's been nearly five years since a Wilmington surgeon had his license revoked by the N.C. Medical Board. Some of Dr. Steven Olchowski's patients are still suffering. WWAY's Nadine Maeser met Brenda Naylor, a woman whose gastric by-pass procedure went horribly wrong. Brenda Naylor knew the complications of gastric by-pass, but she never expected to lose her house, her job and her ability to walk. Full story...

Now that the Swine Flu threat has abated, the hospital is again allowing visitors under the age of 18. Full story...

The sounds of the season rang through the halls of New Hanover Regional Medical Center Tuesday night. WWAY's John Rendleman was there as volunteers and pet therapy dogs shared the Christmas spirit with patients. Full story...

New Hanover Regional Medical Center's ambulances doubled as delivery vans this morning. For 15 years, the Adopt-a-Family program has been a tradition at the hospital. Full story...

New Hanover Regional Medical Center is one of the top hospitals in the nation for organ donations. The Department of Health and Human Services handed out 428 awards to hospitals... Full story...

of the community. Congressman Mike McIntyre presented the Zimmer Cancer Center at New Hanover Regional Medical Center a check for $450,000 from the National Cancer Institute Tuesday. Full story...

New Hanover Regional is getting a much needed mobile pediatric intensive care unit, thanks in part to singer-songwriter Edwin McCain. Saturday night, McCain, along with the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra... Full story...