Healthcare Heroes Truck to Visit SC Hospitals on the 2021 Hope Tour
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COLUMBIA, S.C., April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ To celebrate and honor South Carolina s hospitals and healthcare workers in leading the COVID-19 battle for the past 14 months, the South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) will visit every member hospital in the state with its Healthcare Heroes truck as part of the
2021 Hope Tour. The tour will travel from Upstate S.C. to the coast May 3 – 13, coinciding with national Nurse s Week and Hospital Week. While 2020 was a year of fear that required our member hospitals bravery and fortitude, we want to honor what they are providing us in 2021: hope, said SCHA Vice President of Workforce and Member Engagement, Lara Hewitt. Our healthcare heroes responded with resilience as they ramped up widespread testing operations and treated thousands of COVID-19 patients in need. Now, more than a year later, they a
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As vaccine demand drops, groups push walk-ins, more outreach
VIDEO: As vaccine demand drops, groups push walk-ins, more outreach By Lillian Donahue | April 22, 2021 at 3:30 PM EDT - Updated April 22 at 7:35 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - For months, the supply of coronavirus vaccines did not match how many people wanted their Covid-19 shot. But now, many hospitals and health providers are seeing a drop in demand just as the supply has caught up.
Quenton Tompkins, the government affairs manager for the Medical University of South Carolina, said the vaccine demand is most likely due to multiple things like more supply, the people who have already been vaccinated or recovered from the virus, and continued hesitancy.
Two trends are concerning officials and doctors at Lexington Medical Center: an increase in patients with COVID-19 and a decrease in demand for the COVID-19 at their clinic.
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