Samaritanâs Purse starts building field hospital in Lenoir to help with COVID-19
Emergency field hospital being built in Lenoir By WBTV Web Staff | December 31, 2020 at 3:40 PM EST - Updated January 1 at 6:28 PM
LENOIR, N.C. (WBTV) - A 30-bed emergency field hospital is being built to provide COVID-19 care support for western North Carolina as the pandemic has worsened this winter.
Samaritanâs Purse officials said they would begin the construction of the hospital on the grounds of Caldwell UNC Health Care in Lenoir on Friday, Jan. 1. Just after 9:30 a.m., the trucks began to arrive at the site.
Neurological surgeons Lee Selznick (left) and David Salvetti of the Virginia Brain and Spine Center on Amherst Street in Winchester are now using the new Airo Mobile Intraoperative CT, which is a CT scanner used in the operating room at Winchester Medical Center to provide diagnostic quality images, giving surgeons up-to-date anatomical information during surgery and allowing for real-time, informed decision-making during the procedure.
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BERRYVILLEÂ â Clarke County and its school division will self-fund health insurance for their employees at the start of the new year.
Employees will see no changes in coverage or rates, said County Administrator Chris Boies. Their insurance just won t be with Anthem anymore.
A recent months-long dispute between Valley Health System and Anthem prompted the switch.
Self-funded insurance means the county will be its own insurer, using its own funds. Benefit Plan Administrators Inc. (BPA) of Roanoke, a third-party administrator, will process claims on the county s behalf. Employees will access doctors through Cigna s preferred provider organization, said county Joint Administrative Services Director Brenda Bennett.
Utica nursing homes begin administering coronavirus vaccines to residents, staff
The Mohawk Valley has 32 nursing homes enrolled in the Federal Nursing Home Vaccination Program, and two of them have already started administering doses.
Posted: Dec 21, 2020 5:58 PM
Posted By: WKTV
UTICA, N.Y. – The Mohawk Valley has 32 nursing homes enrolled in the Federal Nursing Home Vaccination Program, and two of them have already started administering doses.
Mohawk Valley Health System was one of the first in the state to begin giving vaccines this week, through a partnership with Walgreens.
A total of 100 residents and 100 staff members at the MVHS Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, formerly St. Luke’s Home, received the shots on Monday.