Mission Children’s Hospital will be restricting visitors to its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) after a possible exposure to chickenpox. Hospital officials determined that a group of infants and family members in the NICU were exposed to chickenpox on March 30, March 31 and April 1.  A visiting family member who had a fever and later developed chickenpox visited the NICU on those days.  Those infants who were potentially exposed and are not otherwise immune are being moved to a separate area of the NICU with a separate airflow system to minimize any further exposure.

MARION, N.C. (Feb. 21, 2013) – The ToothBus, a mobile dental clinic staffed with a team of volunteer dentists and dental assistants from Mission Children’s Dental, will be in McDowell County on Tuesday, Feb. 26 to provide free dental sealants to students at Marion Elementary School.