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When COVID-19 vaccines first became available, Dr. Barbara Chapman said there was a sense of hope in the medical community after being on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic for months.
That hope, according to Dr. Chapman, has recently turned to a familiar overwhelming feeling with a recent spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations following months of clinics. Chapman is a family nurse practitioner serving McKinney and east Texas. Their clinic in McKinney is able to refer patients with symptoms to hospitals, if needed.
“We were hopeful we’d gotten on top of this, and there was an end in sight. So, to see this resurgence is disheartening,” Chapman said Tuesday. “The mental health care component of this is really affecting nurses all over the country, especially my colleagues here in the Dallas area.”
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The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in North Texas continues to rise once again.
According to the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council, about 1,233 people are fighting COVID-19 complications as of Monday, July 26. It s a 107 increase from Sunday. A month ago, there were 322 COVID-19 patients in hospitals across DFW.
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In a statement, they said this represents 8.66% of bed capacity and 27.28% of adult ICU patients, which means more than a quarter of adult ICU patients have COVID-19, according to the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council.
Medical groups across U.S. call for mandatory coronavirus vaccines for health care workers
Medical groups across U.S. call for mandatory coronavirus vaccines for health care workers
As the delta variant fuels a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Texas Nurses Association was one of 57 organizations that signed a statement supporting making vaccinations a requirement.
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Some medical organizations called Monday for mandatory vaccines of health care personnel as rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the United States threaten to reach levels that haven’t been seen since earlier surges of the pandemic.