Miller said she was “bombarded” with messages from neighbors and friends who were able to get vaccinated at the event. County staff conceded they needed better vetting and a registration system in place during future events “(so that) only people with appointments get vaccinated unless we have excess doses,” said Greg Diederich, the county’s director of Health Care Services.
“Unfortunately, word got out, and it wasn’t our intent to hold an event that had not been publicly advertised and shared with everyone,” county Public Health Officer Dr. Maggie Park said. “Moving forward, my plan is that I’d like to only release vaccine to mass vaccination events only when there’s a registration in place. I don’t want 75-year-olds, 80-year-olds, sitting in a car for hours, or standing or camping outside when there could be an appointment.”
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The number of COVID-19 positive patients hospitalized in San Joaquin County dropped to 296 on Friday, a decrease of 5.1% since Thursday.
The San Joaquin County Emergency Medical Services Agency reported Friday afternoon that the county s seven hospitals are operating at 153% of licensed bed capacity. The county also reported six patient deaths from COVID-19.
Of the county’s 821 hospital beds in use, 296 (36%) are occupied by COVID-19 patients, and of the county’s 151 ICU beds in use, 76 (50%) are occupied by COVID-19 patients. All seven county hospitals are at capacity or are in surge capacity in their ICU, with Adventist Health Lodi Memorial at 190%, San Joaquin General Hospital at 175% of capacity, Kaiser Foundation Hospital Manteca at 167% and 160%. St. Joseph’s has the most COVID-19 patients in the ICU at 27.
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Capt. Dana Hunter Jr., 60th Medical Group physician assistant, reviews a chart at Adventist Health Lodi Memorial Hospital in Lodi, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Hunter serves at Travis Air Force Base’s David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center. (U.S. Army file photo)
Travis helps local hospitals during Covid-19 pandemic
LODI While essential workers shoulder the brunt of the public health crisis as Covid-19 continues to spread in California, the U.S. Department of Defense is providing support to hospitals as service members answer the call to support their local communities’ needs.
Adventist Health Lodi Memorial and Dameron are two hospitals that have received relief from these Department of Defense service members. Having the Department of Defense provide medical personnel which includes doctors, nurses, and respiratory therapists, helps relieve pressure on the hospital’s staff as they care for Covid-19 patients.
Jan. 9—As the number of COVID-19 deaths in San Joaquin County eclipsed 700 this week, officials say there is enough space in the medical examiner’s office to conduct autopsies and store bodies.
“We can’t say there won’t be a time of having critical capacity or space lik
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