In Gov. Andy Beshear’s update last Thursday on Kentucky’s fight against COVID-19, he reported the highest daily total deaths at 69, taking the state’s total reported fatalities caused by the
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Kentucky hospitals say they can’t keep up with demand for the COVID-19 vaccine. A scarcity of supply has given hospitals thousands more appointments than they can accommodate.
The Medical Center at Bowling Green has received more than 12,000 requests for appointments the hospital hasn’t been able to schedule because it hasn’t received enough vaccine. I am so, so very pleased with the desire for vaccine coming that s coming from our community, said Dr. Melinda Joyce, Vice President of Corporate Support Services for Med Center Health. It s fabulous we have this many people who want to get vaccinated, and that s what we ve always wanted from the very beginning.
As a front line health care worker, Leeanne Jenkins of Elizabethtown has witnessed first-hand the devastating effects of COVID-19 throughout the past year.
A respiratory therapist for Baptist Health Hardin, Jenkins said from watching patients lose their lives to watching families limited to online interaction with loved ones hospitalized, the year has been hard.
Thatâs why for Jenkins receiving the COVID-19 vaccine was a like a âChristmas present.â
âI was relieved that there was hope coming for us,â she said. âWe not only have personal protective equipment but we also now have those antibodies to keep us healthy, keep us strong and to put an end to all this craziness and madness so we can start seeing each otherâs faces and start smiling again.â
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Born in Canada, Dr. Anesh Badiwala made his way to ElizaÂbethtown to work as a hospitalist at Baptist Health Hardin.
His father moved from India to Detroit in the early 1970s to pursue advanced studies in chemistry, then moved to Canada for a job.
His father worked as a chemist and machine operator in the film industry at Technicolor for 34 years. His mother worked as a general laborer while raising Badiwala and his brother.
âGrowing up, my father always stressed why he moved from India and the importance of education,â he said. âHe encouraged my brother and me to pursue careers in health care and public service.â