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Beaufort residents have access to a range of healthcare services across Beaufort, from hospital-based acute care to community health centers offering sliding-scale and Medicaid-accepted services.
The healthcare landscape across the Lowcountry region is shaped by SC public health priorities, Effective July 1, 2024, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) was divided into two separate cabinet agencies under Act 60 (formerly Senate Bill 399): the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH, dph.sc.gov), which assumed all public health and healthcare quality programs, and the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (SCDES, des.sc.gov), which assumed all environmental programs. DHEC's retail food program and milk and dairy lab transferred to the SC Department of Agriculture. The former DHEC Board was abolished.. SC Department of Public Health and partner agencies oversee healthcare facility licensing, immunization programs, and environmental health for Beaufort and Beaufort.
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SC Prescription Drug Take Back Day Set for Saturday, Oct. 24
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolinians with old or unneeded prescriptions in the medicine cabinet will have a free, no-questions way to get rid of them on Saturday, Oct.…
Oscar Health Joins South Carolina Marketplace for 2027
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Shoppers on the federal health insurance marketplace in six South Carolina counties will see a new name on the list for 2027, as Oscar Health…
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Beaufort Memorial Clarifies Express Care and ER Choices
BEAUFORT, S.C. — Beaufort Memorial is reminding residents how to pick the right door for same-day care, so minor problems do not clog trauma bays and serious symptoms…
Beaufort, S.C., area breaks ground on $30.4M VA clinic
BEAUFORT, S.C. — Construction is officially underway on a new Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic for the Beaufort, S.C., area after a ceremonial groundbreaking Tuesday morning, Oct. 6, in…
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FDA withdraws Krazati Erbitux colorectal approval
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