Lima hospitals warn of rising COVID-19 admissions after brief slowdown
By Mackenzi Klemann - mklemann@limanews.com
LIMA Lima hospitals are reporting another rise in COVID-19 admissions, prompting facilities to once again postpone elective surgeries and evaluate which outpatient services can continue after a two-week slowdown in admissions.
With nearly 130 COVID-19 patients reported in intensive care units, emergency departments and hospitals across the Lima region Thursday morning, hospital systems are facing increasing pressure to keep their COVID-units staffed as their own nurses, physicians and technicians fall ill or quarantine after being exposed to the virus in the community.
Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center, which has admitted the largest share of COVID-positive patients in the region, has halted all elective procedures that require an overnight stay at the hospital after briefly resuming some of those surgeries and is starting discussions to potentially cease so
Activate highlights community approach to health
By Josh Ellerbrock - jellerbrock@limanews.com
LIMA Activate Allen County provided an update of its programs, as well as insights into some of its future goals in housing, suicide prevention and children’s health, during an online community stakeholder meeting held Tuesday.
The 45-minute presentation featured multiple local officials from the group’s various members laying out some of the larger problems they are hoping to address in the community in the next few years as part of its Community Health Improvement Plan.
For example, Mental Health and Recovery Services Board CEO Tammie Colon highlighted the relation between suicide and drug use to talk about some of the local efforts to reduce suicide rates. They include recruiting behavioral specialists, increasing the availability of Narcan and trying to target prevention among youth.
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