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When we last checked in with community health nurse Susan Cuperfain, none of her homebound patients had been vaccinated.
That was during the third week of March.
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Despite all the talk of vaccine clinics and the rhetoric about reaching out to vulnerable people, the visiting community nurse said Friday–nearly a month later that other than one patient, none of her caseload has been vaccinated at home so far.
That patient, she says, was scheduled this past Thursday for the EMS pilot program a program that sends paramedics into homes to give the shots.
Superior North EMS will receive $6.5 million over three years to expand its community paramedicine program. (File photo)
THUNDER BAY – Millions in new funding for community paramedicine in the Thunder Bay District is expected to help decrease emergency department visits and allow seniors to remain in their homes longer.
Superior North EMS (SNEMS) will receive $6.5 million in provincial funding over three years to expand its community paramedicine program, beginning this year.
That will support the hiring of new staff and the purchase of non-ambulance vehicles, allowing the agency to increase home visits and other paramedicine approaches for seniors.
The program will look to alleviate growing pressures on the long-term care system, offering care to those on LTC waitlists, those soon to be eligible for LTC, and those assessed as eligible by a Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) care coordinator.
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The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit could more than quadruple the number of people receiving the COVID-19 vaccine on a daily basis, if it had the supply.
Andrea McLellan, director of COVID-19 Immunization Strategy with the health unit, said it hasn’t received any additional vaccines besides the allotment promised.
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She wouldn’t confirm how many vaccine doses the health unit has or is receiving in its next allocation.
“At this point in time we haven’t been allocated any additional vaccines above what we are already aware we would be receiving,” she said.
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