BENNINGTON â As COVID-19 vaccinations continue throughout the state, local clinics remain busy.
On Saturday, 583 people received a Johnson and Johnson vaccine inside the former Southern Vermont College gymnasium. That brings the total number of vaccines administered by Southwestern Vermont Medical Center since the clinic began in mid-January to more than 19,000.
For some receiving the shot, itâs the first time theyâve felt hopeful in the past 13 months.
Carlton Munsill of Searsburg was brought to tears as he reflected on the impact the coronavirus has had on his life.
âA couple of my co-workers died,â Munsill said.
Cones separated a waiting area from those in the 15 minute âcool-downâ area, ensuring that there were no allergic reactions to the vaccine. As patients waited, a projector with live stats regarding the vaccination rate throughout Vermont â as well as throughout the country â could be seen from their chairs.
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Donations encouraged staff to take a little time for themselves.
Vermont Business Magazine The Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) Foundation recently approached several local businesses for help with an important project. Healthcare workers, working long hours caring for COVID-19 patients and others, needed a reminder to take a few moments to care for their own health and wellbeing. Businesses answered with donations of items that helped our staff remember to take care of themselves.
“Our staff is so dedicated and deeply compassionate, but we know they are not an inexhaustible resource,” said Paula Seaman, director of Quality, a department that also helps ensure that staff have the support they need to give high-quality care on a consistent basis. “These generous businesses helped us provide a gentle reminder that our staff need to take care of themselves, too.”
The event is appropriate for any person who experiences hand pain, along with members of their families. Presenter Dr. David Veltre will share the most common causes of hand pain and the treatments he offers to help resolve it. Attendees will learn what they can do to maintain or recover their hand function. Dr. Veltre completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Boston University Medical Center and completed a hand and upper extremity fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic and MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Veltre earned his medical degree at Boston University School of Medicine in Massachusetts and his master s in biomedical engineering from Cornell University in New York. He graduated with a bachelor s in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Cornell in 2004.
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BENNINGTON â Following a change in state restrictions, patients at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, part of the Southwestern Vermont Health Care network, are now permitted to welcome a visitor â so long as that visitor has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and can prove it.
âVaccination has made visiting hospitalized patients much safer for everyone, including our staff, other visitors, and patients,â Trey Dobson, MD, SVMCâs chief medical officer, said in a news release. âA loved one can play an important role in a patientâs wellbeing and recovery, and we are pleased to be able to safely welcome one vaccinated visitor per patient back to SVMC.â
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