TUPELO • Two Black health care leaders with Tupelo-based nonprofit Project ELECT believe accessibility and trust are key to addressing current vaccination disparities in Mississippi.
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In this file photo from md-2020, Nurses work inside the COVID-19 unit at the North Mississippi Medical Center last month in Tupelo. Nursing shortages have plagued hospitals like NMMC for years, and the pandemic has only exacerbated the need for trained nursing professionals.
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A member of the Mississippi Army National Guard administers a COVID-19 to a health care worker during a drive-thru vaccination clinic in the parking lot of the Lee County Health Department on Tuesday. The vaccines were distributed by the Mississippi State Department of Health.
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A member of the Mississippi Army National Guard administers a COVID-19 to a health care worker during a drive-thru vaccination clinic in the parking lot of the Lee County Health Department on Tuesday. The vaccines were distributed by the Mississippi State Department of Health.
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Mississippi hospitals to accept new patients even if at full capacity
Hospitals in Mississippi are required to take in new patients, even if the hospitals are at full capacity, the state s health officer said.
Posted: Dec 21, 2020 7:33 PM
Updated: Dec 22, 2020 11:07 AM
Posted By: Bronson Woodruff
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - Hospitals in Mississippi are required to take in new patients, even if the hospitals are at full capacity, State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs explained Friday.
Tempers have flared between hospitals over which hospital will take which patient, Dobbs added. Teamwork will be essential.
Using Mississippi MED-COM, critically ill patients are sent regionally, northern, central and southern to hospitals capable of treating critically-ill patients, according to Dr. Jeremy Blanchard of North Mississippi Health Services (NMHS).