File Photo: Tom Seegmueller
With a new one-shot drug approved over the weekend by the FDA
for emergency use to combat the COVID-19 virus and local numbers
continuing to fall, there is growing â if cautious â optimism that
the end of the global pandemic may be in sight.
File Photo: Carlton Fletcher
Phoebe Putney Health System President/CEO Scott Steiner is The
Albany Herald s Southwest Georgian of the Year.
ALBANY â For southwest Georgians with short memories, the latest COVID-19 numbers being reported by Phoebe Putney Health System officials should come as a wake-up call. The numbers being reported by the southwest Georgia health care system are growing alarmingly more like the ones reported in the early stages of the pandemic.
Dougherty District Health offices continue STD services on smaller scale during pandemic
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Phoebe COVID numbers continue post-Thanksgiving climb
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âWeâre getting to the point where weâre fullâ: Phoebe, Dougherty Co. leaders concerned about rise in COVID-19 cases Phoebe hospital staff (Source: Phoebe) By Bobby Poitevint | December 24, 2020 at 9:41 PM EST - Updated December 24 at 9:41 PM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Phoebe Putney Health System leaders are concerned about staffing as they continue to see an increase in COVID-19 patients in their hospitals.
On Christmas Eve afternoon, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital had 79 COVID-19 patients in Albany, while there were 10 at Phoebe Sumter.
Thatâs almost 90 patients total and CEO Scott Steiner said they only had 22 COVID-19 patients a week before Thanksgiving.
Phoebe nurse Josedario Espiritu receives DAISY award
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