As the country transitions out of the early pandemic phase and the public health emergency comes to an end, the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services will reexamine who is eligible to remain on the rolls.
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Violent crime adding to severe blood shortage at local hospitals
and last updated 2021-07-13 05:06:46-04
HAMPTON ROADS, Va. â The recent uptick in violent crime has area hospitals responding to an unusually high number of traumas. This comes as the nation faces a severe shortage of blood.
As more gunshot victims flood into hospitals, trauma cases go up - and so does the demand for blood, with Virginiaâs ERs seeing a 10% jump in demand this year.
âThis is [an] unprecedented shortage that we ve never seen before,â said Dr. Daniel Munn, the chief of surgery at Riverside Regional Medical Center. âWe are basically receiving about half of what we would normally have as our standard order of blood products. We re constantly on shortage and constantly trying to maintain our normal operations with much more limited blood supply.â
Bon Secours Hampton Roads receives first doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
and last updated 2020-12-15 22:14:11-05
Bon Secours in Hampton Roads got just shy of 3,000 doses to distribute to their four hospitals across the area.
Dr. Marlene Capps, Chief Medical Officer at Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News, plans on being one of the many first front line workers to take the shot.
âI m excited to get mine and get going,â Capps said. âAs soon as we posted the sign up, immediately more than 50% of the available slots were filled within just a couple of hours.â
This week, the vaccine made its way to other Bon Secours hospitals in Virginia.