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Marcy Patton, executive director of the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board for Columbiana County, presents Columbiana County Healthy Commissioner Wes Vins with a certificate of recognition from the Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities (OACBHA), which represents Ohioâs alcohol, drug addiction and mental health boards. The OACBHA decided to give its annual Presidentâs Partnering for Quality Award to local health commissioners, who have led the charge during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.
LISBON While the Columbiana County Health Department has spent the year working toward keeping as many residents safe from the coronavirus as possible, the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board has been trying to make certain the pandemic does not harm more people mentally, including those who may not normally suffer from mental health issues.
LISBON - While the Columbiana County Health Department has spent the year working toward keeping as many residents safe from the coronavirus as possible, the Me
Feb 8, 2021
Marcy Patton, executive director of the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board for Columbiana County, presents Columbiana County Health Commissioner Wes Vins with a certificate of recognition from the Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities (OACBHA), which represents Ohioâs alcohol, drug addiction and mental health boards. The OACBHA decided to give its annual Presidentâs Partnering for Quality Award to local health commissioners, who have led the charge during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Deanne Johnson)
LISBON While the Columbiana County Health Department has spent the year working toward keeping as many residents safe from the coronavirus as possible, the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board has been trying to make certain the pandemic does not harm more people mentally, including those who may not normally suffer from mental health issues.
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Jamie Elenz, the medical services administrator at the county health department, opens the first boxes of the Moderna vaccine against COVID-19, which were delivered to the department on Tuesday morning and immediately sent to the Salem Regional Medical Center so the hospital can begin immunizing health care staff.
LISBON While the Columbiana County Health Department is celebrating the arrival of doses of the Moderna vaccine, Laura Fauss, public information officer for the agency, is urging county residents to “celebrate but celebrate small” this holiday season.
Vins said the first 200 doses to arrive at the health department on Tuesday were sent off to the Salem Regional Medical Center, which had not yet received any, unlike East Liverpool City Hospital, which received some directly on Monday. At the same time, federal providers are sending the vaccines to nursing homes. This is an effort to provide vaccines to frontline health care workers and the mos
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LISBON While the Columbiana County Health Department is celebrating the arrival of doses of the Moderna vaccine, Laura Fauss, public information officer for the agency, is urging county residents to “celebrate but celebrate small” this holiday season.
Vins said the first 200 doses to arrive at the health department on Tuesday were sent off to the Salem Regional Medical Center, which had not yet received any, unlike East Liverpool City Hospital, which received some directly on Monday. At the same time, federal providers are sending the vaccines to nursing homes. This is an effort to provide vaccines to frontline health care workers and the most vulnerable in our population, those in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.