Prosecutors plan to charge the man who allegedly assaulted a security officer at Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester with manslaughter following the employeeâs death.
Richard Semo, 64, of Farmington, suffered from a skull fracture and brain bleed after Tyler Thurston, 29, of New Durham, allegedly punched him in the face and he fell to the ground in the parking lot around 3:20 a.m. on Dec. 13.
Semo died of his injuries on Friday.
Police do not suspect the alleged assault occurred during the commission of a crime.
âWe are still looking into and investigating the circumstances surrounding the attack, however we believe it was related to either a mental health issue, drugs, or a combination of the two,â said Capt. Todd Pinkham of the Rochester Police Department.
COVID vaccine arrives in NH, Maine for highest-risk groups
By Karen Dandurant
Seacoast hospitals and nursing homes are expecting their first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, which began arriving Monday in New Hampshire and Maine, hopeful this development marks the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.
New Hampshire officials said the first shipment of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was unloaded, processed and prepared for immediate distribution to at-risk health workers, including front line clinical staff providing direct patient care.
“New Hampshire is ready to hit the ground running to do our part in delivering this game-changing vaccine,” Gov. Chris Sununu said in a prepared statement. “It is an all-hands-on-deck effort for one of the most important undertakings in the history of our state. The state stands ready to get to work and distribute this life-saving vaccine to the citizens of our state.”
Vasapolli said the hospital is averaging 12 to 15 cases at a time, which seems to be in line with other area hospitals. To date, she said, there has been no transmission between patients to staff, or staff to patients.
“We have already stopped visitors from coming to the hospital,” she said. “There are exceptions, like in pediatrics, birthing, end-of-life patients and patients with cognitive disabilities, on a case-by-case basis. Our staffing is adequate right now, but we are watching how to allocate services. One problem is we are in cold and flu season. People, including staff, need to be COVID tested and quarantine to determine what they have. That may become a staffing issue.”
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Across New Hampshire, COVID-19 hospitalizations are double what they were during the height of the spring surge. Download the FREE WMUR app“As we discharge, we tend to replace them within hours,” said Dr. Matthew Gibb, chief clinical officer of Concord Hospital.Concord Hospital has 32 patients with the virus but is planning for more by adding bed capacity. Starting Monday, 25% of inpatient elective surgical procedures will be scaled back. Latest coronavirus coverage from WMUR“The hope is that patients will be deferred for a very short period of time, rather than in the spring when it was a many-week process,” Gibb said.In Manchester, Elliot Hospital and Catholic Medical Center have seen about a third of all hospitalizations in the state. Among the many challenges they face is adequate staffing.CMC officials said the hospital recently had more than 90 workers who had to quarantine.“Those are folks that are COVID-positive, folks that have a travel restriction, folks th