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Vaccinations for Group 4 to begin next week in Henderson County
Henderson County COVID-19 vaccine providers will progress into Group 4 eligibility alongside the state on March 17, starting with vaccinations for individuals with high-risk medical conditions, experiencing homelessness or incarcerated, according to the Henderson County Department of Public Health.
Local providers have been scheduling appointments for frontline essential workers in Group 3 while continuing to prioritize previous eligible groups. As more seniors have been able to receive vaccination appointments, providers are comfortable signaling the official shift to Groups 3 and 4, says the news release from the health department.
Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday that anyone between the ages of 16 and 64 with any of the 18 medical conditions outlined by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services will be eligible for the vaccine on March 17. Homeless and incarcerated individuals who have not already been v
Calls made to those on the Henderson County Department of Public Health’s vaccine waitlist have been flagged as spam, the health department said Tuesday.
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AdventHealth Hendersonville has announced latest winner of the DAISY Award, an international recognition program that honors and celebrates the skillful, compassionate care nurses provide every day.
Serenity Rhodes, RN, ACM-RN is a member of the AdventHealth Care Management team and has been with the health system for 17 years, according to a news release. She has won the first DAISY Award of the 2021.
Her director calls her an “outstanding nurse with a heart of gold and a work ethic to match.”
She shared that Rhodes demonstrated those character traits through her care involving a recently diagnosed cancer patient. This person had been otherwise healthy, so he and his family were not prepared for the prognosis.