UNC Health reschedules surgeries at ASC amid threat of severe winter weather 

Lumberton, N.C.-based UNC Health Southeastern is closing outpatient services and clinics on Jan. 21 amid the threat of severe winter weather, according to The Robesonian. 

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Nonurgent surgeries scheduled at the Surgery Center at Southeastern Health Park and UNC Health Southeastern, both in Lumberton, will be rescheduled to a later date. Services will return to normal operations on Jan. 22. 

Freezing rain is expected and a winter weather advisory will be in effect for Lumberton from Jan. 21 at 12 a.m. to Jan. 22 at noon.

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