Hilo Veterans Home Under New Management
Kauʻi Chartrand is the new administrator for the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home. She spent the day Friday overseeing the administering of the first COVID-19 vaccines to residents and staff.
“I can’t tell you – staff were excited. We were delighted. You know this has been long awaited,” says Chartrand.
The Hilo nursing home became a hotspot for the coronavirus last August. A COVID-19 outbreak infected 35 staff and 71 residents, including 27 who lost their lives. It also led to the removal of Avalon Health Care, the Utah-based company that ran the home since it opened in 2007.
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Military Veterans In Hawaii Will Have To Wait For A Coronavirus Vaccine - Honolulu Civil Beat
Military Veterans In Hawaii Will Have To Wait For A Coronavirus Vaccine
The VA Pacific Islands Healthcare System will not receive the Pfizer vaccine, but may get the Moderna vaccine if the FDA approves it. Reading time: 3 minutes.
The Department of Veterans Affairs began administering its first doses of the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine on the mainland this week. But veterans in Hawaii will have to wait a bit longer.
The VA recently announced its initial 37 vaccination sites that will be receiving the Pfizer vaccine, the first to be approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration. The sites include several regional systems on the mainland as well as the Caribbean VA Healthcare System in Puerto Rico.