UK ICU doctor warns of crowded Kentucky hospitals, fatigued health care workers
and last updated 2020-12-15 18:16:41-05
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â Almost 10 months into the pandemic, a lead doctor at the University of Kentucky Hospital said the hospital is seeing the highest number of COVID-19 patients yet, forcing patients outside the ICU to be two-to-a-room.
Dr. Ashley Montgomery-Yates is the University of Kentucky Hospital s assistant chief medical officer for inpatient service as well as the director of the ICU recovery clinic where she works with COVID-19 patients on the University of Kentucky Hospital s COVID floor.
She said she wishes she could speak to those who refuse to accept the virus is real.
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Five Baptist Health Lexington employees receive COVID-19 vaccine on Monday
and last updated 2020-12-15 00:55:15-05
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â Five employees of Baptist Health Lexington received the initial dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Monday.
Yuli Vallaran (intensivist), Linda Sherlock (housekeeper), Mark Spanier (Medical Doctor), Sharon Shireman (ED Patient Care Technician) and one other employee received the vaccination early on Monday afternoon.
The five employees received the first dose of the vaccine roughly five hours after the shipment arrived to the hospital s loading dock at 9 a.m.
âThis is truly a historical day, a turning point in the pandemic,â said William G. Sisson, president of Baptist Health Lexington. âWe know the vaccine is vitally important to getting back to normal, in our facilities as well as the communities.â
Chabad at UK Jewish Student Center
A member of the Chabad of the Bluegrass community proved Saturday night that he is made of stern stuff.
He refused to be evacuated for treatment until after the public menorah was lit, even after he was dragged a distance by an antisemitic driver holding his arm while accelerating his vehicle, and then his leg was run over by that same vehicle.
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Here’s what happened.
A man “using foul language” drove his vehicle up to the group of people who were gathered at the UK Jewish Student Center in Lexington at around 7 pm Saturday night to celebrate Chanukah and light the public menorah with Chabad of the Bluegrass’s Rabbi Shlomo Litvin.