Health officials encourage community to keep up holiday lights for healthcare heroes
Health officials encourage community to keep up holiday lights for healthcare heroes By 14 News Staff | December 28, 2020 at 11:57 AM CST - Updated December 29 at 8:40 AM
Madisonville, Ky. (WFIE) - Baptist Health Madisonville is asking Western Kentucky to keep holiday lights on display through January 31 as a way to encourage and inspire healthcare workers and first responders who continue fighting on the front lines of the pandemic.
“There is no denying that our staff is weary from the physical and emotional toll of what they see every day,” said Robert Ramey, Baptist Health Madisonville president. “The new vaccine is offering hope, but the reality is that we have months to go in this pandemic. This very small gesture of keeping your Christmas lights up is a way to show our community’s support for Baptist Health Madisonville staff.”
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Three more people died over the weekend and four deaths were reported Monday to COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths in the county to 93, according to Hopkins County Health Department Director Denise Beach.
On Monday, the Hopkins County Health Department reported 45 new cases and 723 active cases in the county. Hopkins County remains in the red zone averaging more than 25 cases per 100,000 people over a seven day period.
At Baptist Health Madisonville, Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator Kristy Quinn reported the hospital is now housing 23 COVID-19 patients, which is just 20% of the total patient census Monday morning. Of those 23, Quinn said 40% of those are in critical care.
One person was treated for injuries on Sunday after a car struck a home in Madisonville.
Police reports indicate Darius Dodson, 45, of Madisonville, was driving a 2003 gray Chevrolet Trailblazer around 10 a.m. at 113 South Seminary Street when he lost control of the vehicle.
Police say Dodson left the roadway and collided into the residence at 113 South Seminary Street.
Dodson was transported to Baptist Health Madisonville for possible injuries, according to reports.
The Madisonville Police Department was assisted by the Madisonville Fire Department, the Medical Center Ambulance Service, Madisonville Electric Department, Atmos Energy and building inspector, Frank Wallace. No other injuries were reported by police.
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More Kentucky hospitals than the last time got a grade of A on a nonprofit group s rating of patient safety in hospitals, but for the fifth grading period in a row, most of the 45 Kentucky hospitals got Cs. Â
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The Leapfrog Group, based in Washington, D.C., rates more than 2,600 hospitals. Most of Kentucky s 126 hospitals were not rated, but those that are have a majority of the hospital beds in the state.
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The group does not grade small hospitals with critical access status because they don t have to report quality measures to the federal government, nor does it grade specialty hospitals, government hospitals, or hospitals for which there aren t enough publicly reported data.Â