As COVID cases decrease, hospital relaxes visitor restrictions Published by admin on Wed, 01/13/2021 - 8:24pm
This week SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Mexico began opening its doors, carefully, to visitors. The decision was made due to a decrease in community transmission of the COVID-19 virus and the policy went into effect on Monday.
The new visitor policy allows all non-COVID positive patients to have one support person at a time, over the age of 16, during designated hours.
Exceptions may be made for end-of-life situations.
“We feel comfortable relaxing the visitor policies at this point,” said Mike Baumgartner, regional president of SSM Health in mid-Missouri. “We want to thank the community for their efforts to adhere to the safety guidance and we encourage everyone to stay the course through these next several months.”
WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Two mid-Missouri counties report COVID-19 related deaths
Audrain County and Morgan County each reported COVID-19 related deaths during the daily updates.
Audrain County Health Department is reporting two coronavirus related deaths. The two deaths are the ninth COVID-19 deaths in Audrain county this year. Today s two deaths are the 44th and 45th deaths overall in the county since March.
The county has reported 1,595 total cases with 102 reported to be active.
The county has 1,448 recovered residents.
In Morgan County, the health center is reporting one COVID-19 related death. That is the fifth COVID-19 related death this week and 31st since the pandemic started.
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Audrain County Health Department renews WIC contract Published by admin on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 8:21am
Representatives of the Audrain County Health Department have signed a contract to continue to provide the Special Supplemental Food Program for the Women, Infants and Children program with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services for federal fiscal year 2021. Under the terms of the contract, the ACHD will be able to serve up to 625 persons every month.
WIC provides, at no cost, specific nutritious supplemental foods and nutrition education to pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants and children up to age 5. WIC participants are area residents who meet WIC income guidelines and are determined by health professionals to be at nutritional risk.
Second vaccine available in Audrain County Published by admin on Thu, 12/31/2020 - 11:49am Audrain County Health Department Immunization Lead Brandi Meyer, LPN, receives the first COVID-19 Moderna vaccine shot in Audrain County from Registered Nurse Katie Swaim Tuesday morning. The ACHD received its first allotment of Moderna vaccine last week and began its COVID-19 vaccinations for healthcare workers in Audrain County not affiliated with SSM-Audrain Hospital. [Submitted photo]
With the arrival of its first shipment of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine this week, the Audrain County Health Department began vaccinating area healthcare workers that are not affiliated with SSM-Audrain in Mexico.
ACHD Administrator and CEO Craig Brace says even before the arrival of the vaccine, department staff had been busy planning and working to get out in front of the vaccine’s arrival.