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Dr. Francisco E. Garcia-Gonzalez, M.D., fellowship-trained gastroenterologist, has joined the medical staff of TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center with Gastroenterology Specialists of Middle Tennessee in Smyrna.
Hospitals still overwhelmed, low on staff
Source: TN Dept. of HealthThe Tennessee Department of Health on Sunday reported a total of 689,808 cases of COVID-19 across the state, up 14,839 cases since Monday on 11,986 new test results a 12.4 percent positivity rate.
Of the total number of cases, 8,470 people have died up 40 from the number 24 hours earlier.
The number of recorded active cases in Tennessee has fallen 20 percent in two weeks, with state health officials reporting that 57,032 individuals are currently infected with COVID.
The number of people who have been hospitalized with the virus in the state has fallen more than 21 percent in the past two weeks. On Tuesday, the health department reported 2,647 people are being treated for confirmed COVID across 114 hospitals.
Keep Your Lights Up for Healthcare/Frontline Heroes Dec 30, 2020 at 01:53 pm by WGNS
Smyrna, Tenn., December 30, 2020 – TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center in Smyrna began a new campaign last week called “Keep Your Lights Up for Healthcare and Frontline Heroes.” The initiative is a way to show support for healthcare and all frontline workers who have fought the COVID-19 pandemic for the past nine months by leaving holiday lights up until Jan. 31, 2021. The hospital is asking every person, business and community to follow through with the showcase of solidarity.
The reason behind the campaign is for residents to leave their Christmas lights up as a way for these heroes to see your support and gratitude as they drive to and from their shifts. Reports indicate that many front-line workers are weary from the physical and emotional toll of what they see every day.
What it s like to get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to some of the first healthcare workers to receive it Samara Abramson, Shelby Livingston, Amelia Kosciulek Healthcare workers in Nashville, Tennessee, were some of the first to receive Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine. The workers hope that getting the vaccine will motivate others to get it when it becomes more widely available. Nashville has one of the highest COVID-19 case rates in the country.
In Nashville, Tennessee, nurses and doctors hoped to motivate others by rolling up their sleeves first. There s a lot of misinformation going on and people are just scared, said Salomey Agyemang, a registered nurse at Southern Hills Medical Centre. I want to be one of the first people to do it so I can pass on that comfort to someone else so that they will also be encouraged to go for it.