Financial toll on Spartanburg Regional, Chamber impact surveys, Tech school donations

Spartanburg Regional suffers financial blow from pandemic

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System says the financial toll COVID-19 is having on health care systems everywhere is striking home in Spartanburg, especially with steep prices for critical needs goods.

Prisma sends ventilators, PPE to KershawHealth

As the count of COVID-19 cases surged in Kershaw County in early March, Prisma Health sent five ventilators to patients in critical condition at Camden’s KershawHealth hospital.

Chamber surveys probe COVID-19 business impact

The Greenville Chamber and Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce have released surveys to keep an ear to the ground for Upstate business concerns amid the pandemic. April 13 is the deadline for Greenville Chamber's survey.

Tech schools transport PPE, ventilators to Upstate hospitals

Before Tri-County Technical College’s classes were pushed online, Deborah Brock, director of the school’s medical laboratory technology program, knew the personal protective equipment in her classroom could meet an emerging need.

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Here’s a quick look at this week’s headlines from GSA Business Report:

Greenville’s Precision Genetics to process Prisma Health COVID-19 tests in 24 hours … Clemson University moves summer courses online … BMW extends shutdown, considers new avenues to help during crisis … Caldwell Constructors takes on Asbury Hills, old chamber building projects … Johnson & Johnson subsidiary to make ventilator splitter developed by Prisma Health, USC, Clemson and USC School of Medicine-Greenville … denim manufacturer Greenwood Mills switches production to protective masks.

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