Bassett CEO Addresses Increase in Non-Covid Hospital Cases
Bassett Healthcare Network CEO Dr. Tommy Ibrahim held a press briefing on Wednesday to talk about the progress in administering the COVID-19 vaccine and also to discuss a possible new crisis – increasing hospitalizations for non-coronavirus issues resulting from patients putting off healthcare during the pandemic. Ibrahim said things that could have been handled in a basic chronic conditions continued to worsen and patients are no longer able to put their care off any longer.
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The best way for Herkimer County residents who are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine to secure an appointment is to keep checking the county’s Public Health website, according to Herkimer County Public Health Director Christina Cain.
Herkimer County Public Health received a shipment of 600 doses of the vaccine Tuesday, she said, and has a clinic scheduled for Thursday in the gymnasium at Herkimer County Community College. With the doses came directions from the state that priority should be given to residents 65 and older, with 500 of the doses to go to these people and the remaining 100 to essential workers.
New York state opened its own COVID-19 vaccination site at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Marcy on Tuesday.
But that doesn’t mean appointments are available.
On Tuesday afternoon, a state website was showing that there were no appointments left for the site. And county health departments, hospitals and pharmacies say they can’t offer more appointments until they get more vaccine and for the most part, they don’t know when that will be.
Oneida County will be able to offer some appointments once 500 doses promised by the state arrives, possibly Thursday, said county Executive Anthony Picente Jr. But that’s only enough to keep the county vaccination sites at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica and Griffiss International Airport in Rome supplied for about a day, he said.
Cuomo says vaccination rate amongst healthcare workers needs to improve
Gov. Cuomo says he s concerned about new strains of COVID found in South Africa and Brazil, which along with the strain found in the UK could ultimately mean a second wave here in New York State and that is why hopsital workers need to be vaccinated.
Posted: Jan 18, 2021 6:40 PM
Posted By: Gary Liberatore
Utica, N.Y. - Governor Cuomo says the vaccination rate amongst healthcare workers across the state is lower than he d like to see and needs to improve in the event of a second wave.
During his COVID-19 press briefing on Monday, Cuomo announced the current vaccinate rate for healthcare workers across the state is 62.8 percent.