Morgan County State of Healthcare Forum addresses impact of pandemic on community
Decatur Morgan County Chamber of Commerce and Decatur Morgan Hospital leaders discuss pandemic and the community.
Morgan County now offering counseling for healthcare workers By Madison Scarpino | January 28, 2021 at 9:53 PM CST - Updated January 28 at 9:54 PM
MORGAN CO., Ala. (WAFF) - The coronavirus continues to strain local and federal resources, but the pandemic is also taking a toll on frontline healthcare workers.
An annual health forum in Morgan County became a high-stakes status report for the area’s hospital’s and healthcare employees.
Among the speakers was Decatur Morgan Hospital President Kelli Powers who says the hospital system is providing free counseling for workers to help with the mental strains of the ongoing pandemic.
Decatur Morgan Hospital runs out of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine
Hospital officials are working to get more of the vaccine.
Posted: Jan 27, 2021 3:55 PM
Posted By: Josh Rayburn
The Morgan County COVID-19 Task Force announced Wednesday that Decatur Morgan Hospital President Kelli Powers said the hospital s supply of the Moderna vaccine has run out.
Staff administered the last dose of the vaccine on Tuesday, according to a news release.
If you received your first dose of the Moderna vaccine there, your booster dose is in stock and you will receive it as scheduled.
The release said hospital officials are working to get more of the vaccine.
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A hospital employee who had a severe allergic reaction after being vaccinated was warned of heightened risk but preferred that to the risk of contracting COVID-19, Decatur Morgan Hospital President Kelli Powers said Monday, as the hospital reached a record number of infected inpatients and expected more.
âThey had some underlying health conditions (so) that they would not be able to get the vaccine, but the employee said, âIf I donât get the vaccine and I get COVID, Iâm going to die,ââ Powers said Monday.
Powers said the employee, who received the first of two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 on Dec. 22, had experienced an anaphylactic reaction to a different allergen in the past.