Mental health issues double in one year
Mental health symptoms double in one year By Molly Godley | May 13, 2021 at 9:48 PM EDT - Updated May 13 at 9:48 PM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - When comparing this yearâs percentages of mental health symptoms to last yearâs, the numbers have doubled, according to a psychologist with Albany Area Primary Health Care.
Dr. Nick Carden said in his 36 years of practice, he has never seen an increase in cases like this. He said being quarantined at home the way we have has led to more mental health issues over the past year.
âThis is the first time this is really ever happened that weâve gotten statistics saying that our statistics are almost doubled in terms of anxiety, depression, substance abuse, general stress symptoms and people that are feeling suicidal,â said Carden.
Georgia is the deadliest state for pregnant women
Doctors discuss what’s being done to help. (Source: WALB) By Gabrielle Ware | May 12, 2021 at 12:04 AM EDT - Updated May 12 at 2:44 PM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Georgia is the deadliest state for pregnant women.
The maternal mortality rate is more than twice the national average, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The numbers surrounding the issue are staggering, especially, for Black women in Georgia, who by some counts, are six times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications.
The Phoebe Putney Health System launched a program to help curb maternal mortality just last month.
Phoebe administers 50K COVID-19 vaccines Phoebe administered its 50,000th vaccine Tuesday afternoon. (Source: Phoebe) By WALB News Team | April 21, 2021 at 10:45 AM EDT - Updated April 21 at 10:45 AM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Phoebe Putney Health System has reached another milestone in its fight against COVID-19.
The hospital system administered its 50,000th vaccine on Tuesday.
“Our operations and clinical teams prepared for months for the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines. We were one of the first organizations in the state to purchase ultra-cold storage systems which we knew would be required for the Pfizer vaccine,” said Scott Steiner, Phoebe Putney Health System president and CEO. “Early on, we applied to be mass vaccination sites, and we worked out logistics for large-scale vaccinations long before the vaccines were available. As a result, we became one of the top individual vaccinators in Georgia.”
Turner Job Corps Center holds vaccine site to get students back to in-person learning By Molly Godley | April 19, 2021 at 6:45 PM EDT - Updated April 19 at 8:21 PM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Turner Job Corps said 3/4 of their students are learning virtually and in hopes to get their students back to school and involved with the community they held a vaccination site on Monday.
Students said theyâre happy to get the vaccine so they can get back to their normal lives.
Turner Job Corps student Dashawn Harris said he wanted to get the vaccine to help numbers go down. He said it would also help with the quarantine process.