FAYETTEVILLE – Aug. 29, 2023 – Cape Fear Valley Health and Harnett Health broke ground on the comprehensive Cancer Center and Medical Office Building at Central Harnett Hospital on Monday, Aug. 28. Video is available of the event here.
From left, Dr. Istvan Pataki, Cape Fear Valley Board of Trustees Member Tammy Thurman, Dr. Madhuri Vithala, Harnett County Economic Development Interim Director Angie Stewart, Harnett Health Foundation Chairperson Emeritus Cornelia Stewart, Cape Fear Valley Board of Trustees Member Glenn Adams, Harnett Health President Cory Hess, Harnett Health Board Chair Walter Massey, Harnett Health Foundation Chairman Gene Lewis III, Cape Fear Valley Health CEO Michael Nagowski and Dr. Kenneth Manning participate in the official groundbreaking Monday afternoon for the new Cancer Center and Medical Office Building on the campus of Central Harnett Hospital.
Plans call for the new facility to be constructed over the next 16 months. When finished, the three-floor, 66,000-square-foot facility will include multiple specialists, including orthopedics; ear, nose and throat; a surgical clinic, neurology, cardiology and rheumatology.
The Cancer Center will include radiation and medical oncology, and expand the number of infusion chairs currently available at Central Harnett Hospital. Currently, radiation oncology is not available in Harnett County. More details about this facility are here.
New Clinics
Cape Fear Valley Health also opened two new clinics in Dunn on Monday, Aug. 28. Harnett Health Orthopedics & Sports Medicine – Dunn is located at 700 Tilghman Drive and Harnett Health Neurology is located at 803 Tilghman Drive, Ste. 500.
Anthony Parker, D.O., and Benjamin Petty, M.D., are the new physicians at Harnett Health Orthopedics & Sports Medicine. Their office can be reached at (910) 984-3755.
Dr. Parker graduated from Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his residency at SSM Health at Saint Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, Okla. He also completed an Adult Reconstruction Fellowship at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, Calif. His special interests include bones, joints, and robotics.
Dr. Petty specializes in non-surgical orthopedics. He graduated from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn. and completed his residency at the University of South Alabama Family Medicine Residency Program. He also completed a Campbell Clinic Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship in Memphis, Tenn. His special interests include platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and stem cell procedure, sports medicine and concussion management.
Zari Cain-Akbar, D.O., is the new physician at Harnett Health Neurology. She is also a graduate of Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her residency at Texas Dell Medical School/Ascension Seton Healthcare. Her special interests include Alzheimer’s disease, nutrition, memory care, ALS, migraine and epilepsy. Harnett Health Neurology can be reached at (910) 984-3770.
Upcoming Blood Drives
Cape Fear Valley Blood Donor Center is a community blood program dedicated to serve the needs of patients in Cumberland, Hoke, Harnett and Bladen counties through blood donation by individual donors, community organizations and businesses. The center is located at 3357 Village Drive, Fayetteville, in the Bordeaux Shopping Center. It is open for donations Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the third Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There are also two blood mobiles out in the community for mobile blood drives. Information about upcoming blood drives can always be found at: https://www.capefearvalley.com/blood/blood_drives.aspx.
Below is a list of upcoming mobile blood drives through the end of September:
Wednesday, Aug. 30
Emerald Uniforms
209 Skyland Shopping Center, Spring Lake
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Phone: (910) 984-1275
Thursday, Aug. 31
Hutchens Law Firm
4317 Ramsey St., Fayetteville
9 to 11:30 a.m.
Phone: (910) 864-6888
Fit4Life – Raeford
4550 Fayetteville Road, Raeford
4:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Phone: (910) 565-3411
Friday, Sept. 1
Cumberland County Fair* – Crown Complex
1960 Coliseum Drive, Fayetteville
4:15 to 7:15 p.m.
Phone: (910) 438-4120
*First 50 donors receive free admission to the fair.
Tuesday, Sept. 5
Valley Auto World
9 to 11 a.m.
3822 Sycamore Dairy Road, Fayetteville
Phone: (910) 867-7000
Wednesday, Sept. 6
Emerald Uniforms
209 Skyland Shopping Center, Spring Lake
1 to 3 p.m.
Phone: (910) 984-1275
Thursday, Sept. 7
Fayetteville Technical Community College
2201 Hull Rd., Fayetteville
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Phone: (910) 678-8385
Friday, Sept. 8
Cumberland County Fair* – Crown Complex
1960 Coliseum Drive, Fayetteville
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Phone: (910)438-4120
*First 50 donors receive free admission to the fair.
Saturday, Sept. 9
Cumberland County Fair* – Crown Complex
1960 Coliseum Drive Fayetteville
4 to 6 p.m.
Phone: (910) 438-4120
*First 50 donors receive free admission to the fair.
Nazro Farm
145 Bettie Hamilton Lane, Spring Lake
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Phone: (910) 922-7112
Sunday, Sept. 10
Korean Presbyterian Church
1251 Ireland Drive, Fayetteville
Noon to 5 p.m.
Phone: (910) 624-1240
Wednesday, Sept. 13
Emerald Uniforms
209 Skyland Shopping Center, Spring Lake
3 to 6 p.m.
Phone: (910) 984-1275
Saturday, Sept. 16
Lewis Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
5422 Raeford Road Cliffdale West, Fayetteville
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Phone: (910) 424-2344
Sunday, Sept. 17
Fayetteville Greek Festival
614 Oakridge Avenue, Fayetteville
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Phone: (910) 484-2010
Monday, Sept. 18
Mann+Hummel Purolator Filters
3200 Natal Street, Fayetteville
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Phone: (910) 401-7258
Saturday, Sept. 23
Hood Memorial Ame Zion Church
2801 Rosehill Road, Fayetteville
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Phone: (910) 916-3166
Saturday, Sept. 30
St. Ann Catholic Church
357 N. Cool Spring St., Fayetteville
9 a.m. to Noon
Phone: (910) 483-3216
Piedmont Health Services Sickle Cell Block Party
Honeycutt Park, 352 Devers Street, Fayetteville
1 to 3 p.m.
Phone: (910) 229-2393
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