Hospital officials say the Inpatient Care visitor policy is:
· One designated visitor at a time;
· Adult visitors only (18 and older);
· Visiting Hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.;
· Must use Main Entrance;
· Visitors must wear a mask at all times, including patient rooms;
· Isolation patients will not be allowed visitors; and
· Exceptions for end-of-life visitation is under the discretion of the charge nurse.
Visitors screening positive will not be allowed to visit and are encouraged to seek treatment if they are experiencing severe symptoms, such as a high fever or shortness of breath.
CCMH continues to work in close partnership with state and local health departments and the CDC, and will continue to reevaluate processes as conditions evolve.
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Medical workers with Delta Health Center prepare to vaccinate people in Leland, Miss., last week. In some places, rural hospital workers have been slow to get the vaccine themselves. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
President Biden on Tuesday is set to announce new steps to reach rural Americans in the push to get as many people as possible vaccinated for the coronavirus, a White House official tells NPR. This emphasis comes as rural hospitals are raising alarms about the pace of vaccination even among their own employees.
The Biden administration is moving into a new phase of its vaccination campaign, one where it knows doctors and health care professionals are often more persuasive than the government.
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President Biden on Tuesday is set to announce new steps to reach rural Americans in the push to get as many people as possible vaccinated for the coronavirus, a White House official tells NPR. This emphasis comes as rural hospitals are raising alarms about the pace of vaccination even among their own employees.
The Biden administration is moving into a new phase of its vaccination campaign, one where it knows doctors and health care professionals are often more persuasive than the government.
So it has prioritized a list of doctors enrolled in the vaccine system based on a social vulnerability index used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention including doctors in many rural communities and has been asking state government to send vaccine doses to those doctors, the official said.
The Biden administration will announce on Tuesday a new plan to send COVID-19 vaccine doses directly to doctors in rural areas as rates lag by as much as 20% compared to urban rates.
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