Updated on January 27, 2021 at 9:23 pm
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Wednesday morning, the New Haven Health Department brought COVID vaccines to the door of those who need it most.
“We wanted to make sure that these particular sites were specialized to meet the needs of community members that may not be able to get out as easily,” said city Health Director Maritza Bond.
They’ve launched a series of pop-up vaccination clinics at city apartment complexes for seniors aged 75 and over, cutting out the need for online registration and transportation, and at the same time increasing access.
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“I don’t know, I might have gone to the hospital or the clinic. This is a lot better,” said Juan Gutierrez.
Skip to main content What we need is vaccine : Yale New Haven says it needs tenfold the doses it s getting
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Yale New Haven Hospital photographed on November 30, 2020.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut Media
NEW HAVEN Yale New Haven Hospital staffers are vaccinating people as quickly as possible, but are bound by the amount of the vaccine they receive, which to date has been less than requested, officials said Wednesday.
Marna Borgstrom, CEO of Yale New Haven Health, and Dr. Thomas Balcezak, chief clinical officer of the health system, spoke at an online media event about the vaccine rollout and the hospital’s efforts to address the pandemic.
Best films and television of the year and the devastation of cultural life
As the year ends, it is not possible to discuss any aspect of artistic life, or life in general, in 2020 without central reference to the COVID-19 pandemic, which the various ruling elites have permitted to ravage the world’s population.
In late March, we noted that “the global health and economic calamity” was without precedent. “Whatever the outcome in the short term,” we wrote, “social life and consciousness will never return to their previous states. A Rubicon has been crossed. The existing order, in the eyes of tens of millions, will be seen from now on as illegitimate and an immediate threat to their continued existence.”
Leapfrog: Connecticut hospitals graded from best to worst on safety
Andrew DaRosa
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In its biannual report, the Leapfrog Group has graded 22 of Connecticut s hospitals based on safety.
The nonprofit, which monitors and reports hospital safety data, grades hospital safety based on a number of factors, including the number of infections and the types of practices in place to prevent errors. The Leapfrog Group looks at the data available from each hospital, and determines how well they ve performed on a graded scale that ranges from A to F.
In Connecticut, seven hospitals received an A grade, five received a B and 10 received a C grade.
His hospital is about 80% full. But he’s not alarmed yet.
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Yale New Haven Hospital reported this week that 83% of its staffed inpatient beds and 78% of adult intensive care units are occupied among the highest occupancy rates in the state, according to federal data. But Mike Holmes, senior vice president of operations, isn’t alarmed – yet.
“We’re not in crisis,” said Holmes. “We’re halfway to where we were in wave one.”
Yale New Haven, and other hospitals, can adjust and adapt to an influx of patients, adding capacity and reallocating staff and resources. That means simple “occupancy rates” can paint a misleading picture of a hospital’s ability to care for new patients, and Connecticut hospitals often have more flexibility than the numbers indicate.