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Around the nation: Washington permits free joints with Covid-19 vaccines
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Washington state officials on Monday announced the Joints for Jabs program, in which licensed marijuana stores in the state can offer free joints to anyone 21 and older who gets a Covid-19 vaccine at an on-site clinic by July 12, in today s bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Arizona, Missouri, and Washington.
Arizona:
Carondelet Health Network on Monday announced that Monica Vargas-Mahar has been named market CEO. Vargas-Mahar most recently served as CEO of the
Hospitals of Providence East Campus and market COO of the
Hospitals of Providence in El Paso (Gooch,
Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit ratings organization, has given The Hospitals of Providence Transmountain, Sierra, and Memorial hospitals, as well as Las Palmas Medical Center “A” grades. Hospitals are graded on
El Paso hospitals to receive nearly 7,000 vaccine doses in state of Texas’ initial distribution plan
EL PASO, Texas El Paso hospitals are expected to receive nearly 7,000 Covid-19 vaccines during the first distribution later this month, according to a Texas Department of State Health Services list released on Friday.
Gov. Greg Abbott earlier this week said an initial vaccine shipment would likely arrive in Texas during the week of Dec. 14, with a second shipment expected in January.
State health leaders on Friday said the first allocation of more than 224,00 doses of a vaccine made by Pfizer will be shipped to 109 hospitals in 34 counties.