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(Des Moines, IA) Susan G. Komen of Greater Iowa is cutting itself off from the national foundation.
In a news release, the Central Iowa chapter says it s disaffiliating with the recently restructured parent organization citing a desire to share its funds with patients in it s service area, where the money was raised.
Organizations that will receive a portion of the 525-thousand-dollar donation include the Iowa Department of Public Health and the Polk County Health Department, among Iowa hospital systems and cancer centers.
The release states, the Komen Greater Iowa Board of Directors has selected the following organizations to receive funding:
Retired Methodist Health nurses helping administer COVID vaccine
OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT ) A handful of retired nurses are putting their expertise to use at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs; returning to help administer the COVID-19 vaccine.
“I just knew that I was free to help out in any way that I could, and I know how to give a shot, so I thought what better way,” said Doris Ballantyne, retired Methodist Health System.
Ballantyne retired last May after a 45-year career, much of it spent in the emergency department.
“It felt really kinda good to go back,” said Ballantyne.
Jennie Edmundson Hospital received 500 doses of the Moderna vaccine last week, and Ballantyne administered the very shot.
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Health care workers have been on the very front of the COVID-19 frontlines. Theyâve put in longer hours, held the hands of patients suffering and â in some cases dying from â a debilitating respiratory illness; and separated themselves from friends and family so as to not put their loved ones at risk.
Doctors, nurses, CNAs, physicians assistants, radiologists, hospital techs, assisted living and nursing home staff, school nurses, and more. From the hospital president to a clinic janitor, health care workers have been among Americaâs heroes during 2020. Working to fight the COVID-19 pandemic with nearly everything they have.
Here are just a few of their stories from this year: