ASHEVILLE – The federal government declared an Immediate Jeopardy designation at Mission Hospital, the most serious deficiency regulators can assign. A bombshell report on the incidents that created ...

ASHEVILLE – Lengthening wait times for ambulances arriving at the Mission Hospital Emergency Department have caused such a strain on McDowell County’s emergency services that the county will pause ...

ASHEVILLE – McDowell County ambulances will begin transporting noncritical patients to Mission Hospital again after a two-and-a-half-month stoppage. Ambulances resumed transporting patients from ...

ASHEVILLE – Buncombe County implemented a handoff policy for patients arriving in ambulances at Mission Hospital late last week, county spokesperson Kassi Day confirmed. The policy allows Emergency ...

ASHEVILLE – In the wake of increasing wait times for ambulance patients who are "parked" when arriving at the Mission Hospital Emergency Department while waiting for the hospital to accept them ― a ...

ASHEVILLE – McDowell County Emergency Services Director Will Kehler met with HCA Healthcare leadership Dec. 19 to discuss strategies to reduce wait times for patients arriving at Mission Hospital in ...