Fran Brownell
Pratt Tribune
Pratt city commissioners have taken under advisement a request by Pratt Regional Medical Center administrators to pass an ordinance that would preclude outside competition to the PRMC’s new Urgent Care & Health Center facility at 1600 East First Street, currently under construction with a target opening date of June 1.
Pratt Regional Medical Center President and Chief Executive Officer Susan Page and Amanda Vandervoort, director of health information management and clinic information technology for PRMC, addressed commissioners at their regular meeting, Monday, April 19 at City Hall Commission Chambers.
Mayor Gary Schmidt presided with commissioners Zach Deeds, Jeanette Siemens, Don Peters and Kyle Farmer all in attendance.
Fran Brownell
Pratt Tribune
Pratt County Health Director Darcie Van Der Vyver RN, told Pratt County commissioners last week that 2,895 county residents have taken the survey requesting to receive the COVID vaccine and that the county’s supply is not keeping up with the demand.
To date, the Pratt County Health Department has received 220 primary doses of the MODERNA vaccine and administered all 220 doses to the Phase 2 population, Van Der Vyver said.
“We administered 250 secondary doses as well,” she said. “So far over 1,020 people have been vaccinated in Pratt County. We still have over 1,800 people remaining on the Pratt County COVID-19 survey waiting list.”