CROWN POINT â One Crown Point teen is expanding her efforts to make a difference in the lives of those who need exceptional access to health care most during the coronavirus pandemic.
Charlotte Annes, a Crown Point High School sophomore, first joined the national nonprofit TeleHealth Access for Seniors this summer, picking up a role as lead for the state of Indiana.
Since partnering with the group this summer, Annes has helped deliver dozens of communication devices to health care providers serving at-risk veterans and seniors across Northwest Indiana.
Sheâs also added two volunteers in Indianapolis suburbs Carmel and Zionsville, expanding the nonprofitâs reach throughout the state.
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Franciscan Health now administering COVID vaccine
Franciscan Health announced today that it has received initial supplies of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and will begin the inoculation of frontline healthcare workers today.
The vaccinations are being administered at its Michigan City, Crown Point, and Hammond hospitals.
“This is a monumental moment for the healthcare industry,” said Dean Mazzoni, president and CEO of Franciscan Health Michigan City. “Protecting the people who have been on the frontlines is giving them one more tool to successfully wage this war with a renewed peace of mind that they are protected.”
Today’s vaccinations mark the first phase, Franciscan Health said, “which, following
More Northwest Indiana hospitals will start to administer COVID-19 vaccinations Friday in what s being called a momentous moment.
Just days after Community Hospital in Munster started vaccinating the first health care workers in Northwest Indiana, Methodist Hospitals in Gary and Merrillville and Franciscan Health hospitals in Crown Point, Hammond and Michigan City will start inoculating more front line health care workers against the coronavirus that s killed more than 1.6 million people worldwide, including more than 300,000 Americans.
âThis is a monumental moment for the healthcare industry,  said Dean Mazzoni, president and CEO of Franciscan Health Michigan City. Protecting the people who have been on the very front lines is giving them one more tool to successfully wage this war with a renewed peace of mind that they are protected.