That didn’t take long.
Less than a day after the county health department announced that the county’s two hospitals in Salem and East Liverpool would be holding coronavirus vaccination clinics, every single spot was filled.
Next Friday, Salem Regional Medical Center will distribute 100 Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to seniors 80 years of age and older. East Liverpool City Hospital would do the same for 200 seniors.
Word came from both facilities on Friday afternoon that all the appointments have been filled.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine requires a second dose to be given approximately 21 days after the first dose. More information will be provided at the clinic about scheduling the second dose.
To the editor:
I have seen tremendous support and love shown to the nurses of East Liverpool City Hospital from the community. But their support has made blatantly clear the absence of one very influential group.
Where are all our political leaders?
Their silence is loud and clear. They are choosing to be silent on supporting our essential workers, who work for a healthier community at the risk of their own health, during a pandemic.
East Liverpool City Hospital is also one of the county’s largest employers. Our elected officials tout working with businesses, doing what’s best for families, etc. But they don’t have an opinion on this?
Dec 16, 2020
According to Columbiana County Health Commissioner Wes Vins, M.S., the county is expecting its first round of the Covid-19 vaccine to be shipped before Christmas.
“We have not been officially notified as to when the vaccine will arrive and the exact amount, but we expect approximately 1,000 dosesto be allocated to our county in this first round. Our county’s vaccination task force is ramping up our infrastructure so we can quickly send these first doses to hospital caregivers, who are directly on the front lines,” he said.
The first shipment to arrive in the county will most likely be the Moderna vaccine, pending FDA approval by the end of this week. The county’s threehealth districts plan on dividing the vaccine supply between East Liverpool City Hospital and Salem Regional Medical Center, for both hospitals to vaccinatetheir frontline workforce as recommended in Ohio’s vaccination plan.
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EAST LIVERPOOL The war of words continued between East Liverpool City Hospital and its nurses union late Friday afternoon.
Bob Cousins, deputy executive officer of labor relations with the Ohio Nurses Association, seemingly took offense to a social media post by the hospital’s marketing team, publicly acknowledging that it allegedly “refuses to negotiate with its registered nurses and their union, “ who are members of East Liverpool Nurses Association Local 5903.
Cousins said in a statement released to the press around 4 p.m. Friday via email, “The hospital is instead imposing a portion of what it deems its last, best and final offer. The Ohio Nurses Association (ONA), which represents the 130 registered nurses at the hospital, has repeatedly told hospital management the nurses want to negotiate a resolution to the dispute and bargaining is not an impasse because ONA remains open-minded and flexible in its positions.”