JPMorgan Chase Helps Delaware Restaurants Through Meal Program
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A meal donation program by JPMorgan Chase in Wilmington has helped to feed over 800 people and local restaurants since November 2020.
JPMorgan Chase launched a meal donation program to provide relief for minority-owned restaurants that are struggling financially in Wilmington and the surrounding area due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Some of the restaurants, including Walt’s Chicken Express, Carmen’s Kitchen, The Chicken Spot, Desserts by Dana, Grapes Real Jamaican Cuisine, Celebrations on Market Street, Zoup and Russell’s Quality Foods, received relief by providing an expanded customer base through word-of-mouth marketing by local organizations that JPMorgan Chase supports.
On Monday, the state's congressional delegation met at Wilmington Hospital to take note of the American Plan Rescue Act's allocation of $16 million for Delaware coronavirus vaccinations. The act was signed into law by President Joe Biden. The $16 million is part of $93 billion in funding for va
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Grim rise of pandemic alcoholism: Two hospitals saw 34% increase in patients suffering from alcohol withdrawals when admitted for other conditions during the COVID-19 crisis
A new study looked at patients suffering from alcohol withdrawal at two Delaware hospitals between January 1, 2018 and September 22, 2020
Over the course of the pandemic, from March 25 to September 22, alcohol withdrawal rates increased by 34% compared to the same time period in 2019
During the last two weeks of May, rates were 84% in comparison with the same two weeks in 2019
Researchers say the findings are a clarion call for other hospital systems to ramp up their screening for alcohol withdrawal so it can be treated
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During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, there was a 34% increase in alcohol withdrawal (AW) rates among hospitalized patients at ChristianaCare, according to a research letter published today in the
The study is believed to be the first to quantify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on alcohol withdrawal among hospitalized patients.
The retrospective study conducted at ChristianaCare, one of the largest health systems in the mid-Atlantic region, found that the rate of alcohol withdrawal in hospitalized patients was consistently higher in 2020 compared to both 2019 and the average of 2019 and 2018. Our findings are relevant nationally and serve as a clarion call to alert other hospital systems to the increased need to screen for and treat alcohol use withdrawal, and to refer patients for ongoing alcohol treatment, said Terry Horton, M.D., ChristianaCare s chief of Addiction Medicine and senior author on the research letter.