Nursing Home administration participates in statewide roundtable
December 20, 2020REGION On Dec. 14, United States Sen. Maggie Hassan held a virtual roundtable to discuss the challenges longterm care facilities are facing as the pandemic continue to rage. Our own Coös County Nursing Home in West Stewartstown is still battling an outbreak of COVID-19 that has taken the lives of 14 residents to date.
Hassan met with leaders from various facilitates statewide, including the VA Medical Center, Senior Helpers of Southern NH, AARP-NH and administration from long term care facilities in Portsmouth, and Manchester. Administrator for the Coös County Nursing Home in West Stewartstown, Laura Mills also participated in the roundtable.
COVID-19: Upper Valley hospitals start giving vaccine to workers
Modified: 12/16/2020 9:44:23 PM
WINDSOR Several hospitals across the Upper Valley began distributing COVID-19 vaccines to health care workers on Wednesday.
Dr. Joseph Perras, CEO of Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center in Windsor, was preparing for a shot in the arm himself on Wednesday afternoon.
An internist, Perras said he is scheduled to provide inpatient care next week.
He was to be one of the first 95 front-line workers and local emergency medical service personnel slated to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Windsor in the coming days.
“When I get vaccinated, I’m hoping it pushes people who are on the fence to getting it too,” he said in a phone interview.