Thursday, July 29, 2021
At least one hospital in Northwest Arkansas is making changes in light of the increasing number of COVID-19 infections in the region and across the state, while another is continuing on the same path chosen last April.
In a news release issued last week, Birch Wright, the chief operating officer and administrator for Fayetteville-based Washington Regional Medical System, said the healthcare system would be moving to Phase 2 of its COVID-19 Surge Plan.
This allows us to temporarily reassign some of our hospital and clinic team members to assist in areas of most critical need in the hospital, Wright said. It also allows us to move to a team-based nursing approach where primary nurses have support from secondary nurses for non-specialized tasks. These actions will allow us to expand our capacity, making it possible for us to care for an increased number of COVID and non-COVID patients.
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Tuesday, April 20, 2021
The Kruse family from Austin, Texas Abby, Anna and dad Aaron enjoy themselves at the 2019 Berryville Ice Cream Social. After last years event was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers plan to hold the 2021 event on July 30-31.
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Last year, what would have been the 35th annual Berryville Ice Cream Social was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year, with new cases waning and vaccines readily available, event organizers have begun making plans to bring the community celebration back.
Committee chairman Ken Wingate said it was time to try and get back a bit of normalcy.