The North Carolina Local Health Department Accreditation Board held its adjudication meeting Friday where the Onslow County Health Department was recognized and reaccredited with honors.
The county s largest surge in COVID-19 cases has forced Onslow Memorial Hospital into critical mode. Planning alternative care options for not only virus patients, but all patients if space runs out.
They came out early and often on.
Once news broke about Governor Roy Cooper s addition of residents age 75 and older to Phase 1B of the state s COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Prioritization Framework, Onslow County officials explained the phone began ringing off the hook with questions.
Those questions and more were answered on Monday when the county s Citizens Phone Bank started the first registrations for the new group, which transferred into the first vaccinations given to the elderly early Wednesday morning. What made this process swift was the partnership between Onslow Memorial Hospital and the Onslow County Health Department.
OMH has gifted 120 vials (approximately 600-700 doses) of the Pfizer vaccine to the OCHD in order to support the community s demand once the state approved the county s move into Phase 1B, according to a