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32 August 2021 HEALTH Cape Fear Valley Hoke Hospital A culture of caring with 'an awesome team' BY KIM HAST Y PHOTOGRAPHY BY CINDY BURNHAM ADDITIONAL PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED BY CAPE FEAR VALLEY HEALTH T hey had been planning to celebrate with the entire community last year, a fih-anniversary event that would have included live music, games for families and plenty of good food across a sprawling campus. e pandemic cancelled all that, but here on the polished floors of Cape Fear Valley Hoke Hospital, everyone seems to be smiling anyway. "is is an awesome team," said Roxie Wells, M.D., president of Cape Fear Valley Hoke. "e building is beautiful, but the team is amazing. is is the best group of people here. ey want to be here. "I think you'd be hard-pressed to walk through the building and find someone who's scowling or won't say hello," she said. "at's just the culture we've fostered here." Even Herman Brown, a patient fresh out of foot surgery, is in a happy mood in a recovery area. "I'm good," he said. "I love this place." e facility opened in 2015, offering Hoke County, established in 1911, its first full-service hospital. Located a few miles from the Cumberland County line, the hospital draws patients not only from Hoke, but also from Cumberland, Bladen, Robeson and Harnett counties. Besides its 41 spacious patient rooms, the complex offers a wide range of services, including two operating rooms for in-patient and out-patient surgery, nine observation beds, a four-bed intensive care unit, radiology and ultrasound, physical therapy, a retail pharmacy, a full-service laboratory, a sleep program, evening telemedicine and a busy, 16-bed emergency department. Mr. Herman Brown, a patient fresh out of foot surgery, is in a happy mood in a recovery area.

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