Data offers insight into how many frontline workers have received COVID vaccine
Data offers insight into how many frontline workers have received COVID vaccine By Allyson Blair | February 12, 2021 at 5:30 PM HST - Updated February 12 at 6:26 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Frontline caregivers and police officers were among the first in line for a COVID vaccine, but preliminary figures indicate not everyone jumped to get a shot.
Data collected from Hawaii’s major hospitals shows about 73 percent of frontline healthcare workers have received at least one dose.
Here’s the breakdown:
Kaiser Permanente: 75%
The East Hawaii Region of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation: 71%.
Jan 14, 2021
HONOLULU (AP) A Hawaii island veterans home that suffered a coronavirus outbreak resulting in several patient deaths is under new management.
The Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo will be operated by the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation under the management of Administrator Kau’i Chartrand, Hawaii Public Radio reported Monday.
An August COVID-19 outbreak at Yukio Okutsu infected 35 staff and 71 residents, including 27 who died.
The state-owned health care organization took over the home in an agreement resulting in Utah-based Avalon Health Care relinquishing control of the facility, which the company had run since it opened in 2007.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services gave the home a health inspection rating of one star out of five.
(AP) A Hawai’i island veterans home that suffered a coronavirus outbreak resulting in several patient deaths is under new management. Hawai’i Public Radio reported the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo will be operated by the Hawai’i Health Systems Corporation under the management of Administrator Kau’i Chartrand. An August COVID-19 outbreak at Yukio Okutsu infected 35 staff and 71 residents, including 27 who died. The state-owned health care organization took over the home in an agreement resulting in Utah-based Avalon Health Care relinquishing control of the facility, which the company ran since it opened in 2007. Avalon did not immediately respond Tuesday to an email seeking comment.
Hilo Veterans Home Under New Management
Kauʻi Chartrand is the new administrator for the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home. She spent the day Friday overseeing the administering of the first COVID-19 vaccines to residents and staff.
“I can’t tell you – staff were excited. We were delighted. You know this has been long awaited,” says Chartrand.
The Hilo nursing home became a hotspot for the coronavirus last August. A COVID-19 outbreak infected 35 staff and 71 residents, including 27 who lost their lives. It also led to the removal of Avalon Health Care, the Utah-based company that ran the home since it opened in 2007.