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SALISBURY — Dr. Charles de Comarmond, Salisbury VA Health Care System Chief of Medicine and lead consultant for infectious diseases and infection prevention, recently was selected as the 2021 Mark
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The Department of Veterans Affairs Monday became the nation’s first major federal agency to require health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccines. Montana VA officials are now carefully reviewing the new mandate that applies to about 500 workers in the state.
Montana VA officials tell MTPR the new directive mandating COVID-19 vaccines for specific health care workers includes VA physicians, registered nurses, dentists, optometrists; basically, anyone providing direct care to veterans.
“Our main priority at the Veterans Health Administration is to provide safe, high-quality care to our veterans,” Montana VA Executive Director, Dr. Judy Hayman says.
Montana VA Health Care System Chief of Staff, Dr. JP Maganito, estimates over half the agency’s health care workers are already vaccinated. Officials are combing through several different software record-keeping systems for an exact head count.