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Pandemic lessons learned could help CT in future crises, health experts say
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The COVID-19 pandemic tested the nation’s health care system in ways never imagined, and officials say the lessons learned have left the state better prepared for the next one.
“We will be so much better prepared just because of the recognition of how important public health is,” said Greg Buller, chief medical officer at Bridgeport Hospital.
“Our health systems have been overused and we have begun rebuilding our public health infrastructure and looking at what to expect when the next pandemic hits,” Buller said.
A variety of health care officials said the ongoing COVID battle brought both success and failure. And while most agreed the state’s health care system is better positioned, they said challenges remain.
Local first responders, nursing home residents and staff getting inoculated
Lisa DeTulio, a registered nurse, gives Beacon Hose Co. No. 1 firefighter and EMT Brayden Alves a COVID-19 vaccination shot at Waterbury Hospital in Waterbury on Jan. 7. -STEVEN VALENTI/REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
The vaccination of nursing home residents and staff as well as first responders in the battle against COVID-19 is underway.
Glendale Center and Beacon Brook Health Center, both in Naugatuck, have partnered with CVS to administer the approved Pfizer vaccines to their staff and residents. The nursing homes began to vaccinate their residents and staff in late December.
Glendale Center completed its first vaccination clinic on Dec. 27, according to Glendale Center Chief Medical Officer Dr. Richard Feifer.
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Nursing homes wrap up first round of vaccinations
Pauline Connor, a resident at Oakland Grove Health Care Center, prepares to receive the COVID-19 vaccine from Jenna Pari last Wednesday, Jan. 6. Connor, a former nun with the Religious of Jesus and Mary, said she looks forward to going from room to room again to talk and pray with the other residents. (Breeze photo by Lauren Clem)
WOONSOCKET – As nursing homes and health officials push to distribute COVID-19 vaccines as quickly as possible, some are meeting resistance from an unlikely source.
Scott Fraser, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Health Care Association, an organization that represents more than 80 percent of nursing homes in the state, told The Breeze on Monday that member nursing homes are reporting about 60 percent of staff participating in the first round of vaccine distribution. Though the organization doesn’t keep actual figures, he said, the estimates come as most nursing homes wrap up their firs
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