Congregational Health Alliance targets community needs through churches
Midday interview Congregational Health Alliance - 4/15/21 By Diana Davis | April 15, 2021 at 8:41 PM CDT - Updated April 15 at 8:44 PM
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - It’s a partnership that comes at a key time for healthcare. The pandemic, coupled with a greater need for doctors in some parts of Region 8, has found St. Bernards Healthcare reaching out to communities through The Congregational Health Alliance.
“The Congregational Health Alliance is a community outreach program of St. Bernard’s Healthcare to faith-based organizations in our area,” Karan Summitt, a Navigator with the Congregational Health Alliance said. “And so it’s a very specific program we target with those institutions to look at how what the health care needs of their participants might be, we go to them. We offer a wide variety of things that we can do and all of these things are housed in our community benefits department, so w
Walk-in COVID vaccine clinics now offered in Contra Costa County
By KTVU staff article
RICHMOND, Calif. - Contra Costa County, in partnership with the California Office of Emergency services, on Thursday, said they will begin offering walk-in service to people 16 and older who live or work in the county at several pop-up sites.
Some sites are open now and others are opening soon.
When the clinics open, they will be able to serve about 500 to 700 vaccinations a day can be given at each site, which will be located in areas hardest hit by COVID-19, such as Richmond, the Monument Corridor in Concord and parts of East County.
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A walk-in vaccine clinic opened today at Veterans Memorial Hall in Richmond, according to Contra Costa Health Services.
It’s one of several pop-up walk-in clinics opening countywide in the coming weeks, part of a partnership between the County and California Office of Emergency Services.
About 500-700 vaccinations a day can be given at each walk-in site, all of which open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Currently, clinics are open at Veterans Memorial Hall, 968 23rd St., and Antioch Community Center, 4703 Lone Tree Way. Those clinics will remain open daily through April 25.
From April 26 through May 2, pop-up clinics will open at John Missionary Baptist Church, North Campus, 29 8th St., in Richmond; and also at Albert D. Seeno Jr. Pittsburg Youth Development Center, 1001 Stoneman Ave. in Pittsburg.
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Cummings said a good mix of people showed up for their vaccinations. There were 600 doses available.
Jill McElwee, operation chief for the state Incident Management Team, or IMT, said Marion County is part of Region 3.
McElwee said there were 15 nurses on hand to inject the doses at 10 stations.
Several Florida National Guard service members were on hand checking paperwork filled out by people getting the shots.
After receiving their vaccinations, people were sent to another room, where they waited 15 minutes. If they had no adverse reaction, then they were free to go. It wasn t bad, Owens said about receiving her vaccination.