If elected, Blanding would not only be the first Black woman to lead Virginia’s, or any state’s, executive branch, she would also be the first openly LGBTQIA+ person to occupy the office.
Gloucester resident dies within hours of receiving Pfizer vaccine
and last updated 2021-02-04 13:23:09-05
GLOUCESTER, Va. - She could bellow from the bottom of her soul, said Lisa Jones.
58-year-old Gloucester resident Drene Keyes was a gifted singer, a mother and grandmother of six. She was such a loving and generous person, said Jones.
Unexpectedly, Lisa lost her mother on Saturday within a couple of hours after Keyes received the Pfizer vaccine in Warsaw. Right before she left, I was helping her put her shoes on, she said.
Keyes had diabetes, sleep apnea and was obese. Her job made her eligible for the first dose. So, on Saturday, Keyes got the Pfizer vaccine and spent 15 minutes in the mandatory observation period.
Riverside Walter Reed Hospital & Riverside Tappahannock Hospital Achieve Top Safety Grades in Fall 2020 Leapfrog Safety Report
Riverside Walter Reed Hospital and Riverside Tappahannock Hospital again earned top marks for patient safety performance in the Fall 2020 Hospital Safety Grade scores released last week by The Leapfrog Group, health system leadership announced today.
Riverside Tappahannock Hospital and Riverside Walter Reed Hospital were named ‘A’ grade hospitals, each for the third consecutive grading cycle.
The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade assigns an ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ or ‘F’ grade to all general hospitals across the country and is updated every six months. It is based on a hospital’s performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other harms to patients in their care.