VA Long Beach Healthcare System will begin COVID-19 vaccination with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine starting December 22, following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Emergency Use Authorization for this vaccine.
“VA Long Beach is eager to aggressively begin vaccinating our in-patient Veterans and staff using the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. With one of the largest Spinal Cord Injury Centers within the VA system, and over 60 bed Community Living Center, it is critical to begin as soon as possible,” said Richard Beam, Director of Public and Community Services. “Receiving the vaccine is like having hope delivered. As vaccine supplies increase, our ultimate goal is to offer COVID-19 vaccination to all veterans and employees who want to be vaccinated.”
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well, it s the most disturbing story you will probably hear all day. new video he from inside the memphis v.a. shows hospital workers leaving paralyzed veterans abandoned sometimes for hours at a time. this happens every day. no one is here to us. if something happened, we are screwed. front desk area, no one attending at all. joining us now with his reaction is the executive deputy director of paralyzed veterans. himself a former marine as well. sherman guilliams jr. thank you for joining us. good morning, pete. good to see you again. thank you. you spend your life advocating on behalf of paralyzed veterans. why does something like this happen? it speaks to a few concerns. number one, the reality is paralyzed veterans are living longer are. and when that with that comes the opportunity for v.a. to examine whether it needs to right size the way it staffs these hospitals, the way it staffs the spinal cord injury centers.
in this case we are looking at one example of where a veteran with needs, needed to have someone at the bedside a little bit more frequently than at times past. this happens at spinal cord injury centers across the country. trying to determine how we in fact need to right size the staffing at the v.a. americans. you mentioned the v.a. a couple of times. we asked the v.a. for a statement. they provided one. they said in response to this oftentimes when staff are working at the bedside with patients, it might appear that no one is at the nurse s station. the assistive call button is at the bedside for patient to alert staff if there is need for assistance. do you think, sherman, is this a memphis thing or v.a. system thing? there has been a lot of criticism of both this facility but also v.a. health care generally. which is it in this case? well, i think it s worth mentioning that this video was shot in july. since that time, we did advocate for the memphis leadership to make