KPRC 2 partners with the Cody Stephen’s Foundation to offer free heart screenings to teen athletes
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KPRC 2 partners with the Cody Stephen’s Foundation to offer free heart screenings to teen athletes
HOUSTON – Over the next two weekends, KPRC 2 is partnering with The Cody Stephen’s Foundation and several other sponsors to offer free, in-depth, heart screenings for teen athletes and non-athletes all over the Houston-Metro area.
These screenings include teaching every child and their parents how to do CPR.
The main thrust of the screenings is to uncover hidden heart defects that a standard school sports exam won’t be able to detect.
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital has earned an A safety grade from The Leapfrog Group, according to a May 26 news release from the hospital.
The local hospital at 17500 W. Grand Parkway S. was one of six Memorial Hermann hospitals to earn the A rating from the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, which scores hospitals nationwide based on its performance in preventing medical errors, infections and other harms among patients in their care using 27 measures of publicly available hospital safety data.
âPatient safety is paramount at Memorial Hermann Sugar Land, and being recognized for our commitment to safety and quality is a great acknowledgement of the hard work demonstrated every day by our physicians, nurses and employees across our system,â Memorial Hermann Sugar Land senior vice president and CEO Malisha Patel said. âIt also confirms the trust families place in us to safely, and compassionately, care for their loved ones.â
“We’re at the cusp of getting many more vaccines in the community, and we’re positioned to push those out,” said Dr. Jacquelyn Johnson-Minter, director of Fort Bend County Health and Human Services. “If there’s another surge, we should be able to blunt it. . We should be able to blunt it if we’re continuing to hammer on the vaccines.”
As of late February, officials said they were hopeful vaccinations of the general public could begin as soon as early spring. However, challenges remain when it comes to getting vaccines to underserved and vulnerable populations, including those who lack information about the vaccine, leading them to not trust it, and those who lack access to transportation.
Fort Bend County Health and Human Services (FBCHHS) received 8,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses Feb. 9, Fort Bend County Judge KP George announced in a Facebook Live video.
George said the county administered 7,000 vaccines per day last week. The county has doled out 26,852 vaccine doses as of Feb. 9, according to the countyâs COVID-19 data hub.
In Fort Bend County, 40,182 people have recovered and 458 have died from the virus which causes COVID-19. The county has conducted 126,708 tests.Â
According to the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) Week 9 vaccine allocation plan, FBCHHS was slated to receive 6,825 doses of the Pfizer vaccine.Â
Additionally, 100 Moderna vaccine doses were allocated to each of the following three other county locations: Fort Bend County Clinical Health Services at 307 Texas Pkwy in Missouri City, Fort Bend Family Health Center Access Health at 400 Austin St. in Richmond and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Vance Prison at 2 Jest