DCH to resume COVID-19 vaccinations Wednesday in Tuscaloosa
Update on COVID-19 vaccinations at DCH By Kelvin Reynolds | February 16, 2021 at 5:18 PM CST - Updated February 16 at 5:32 PM
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - The DCH mass COVID-19 vaccination site sat empty, other than a hospital van slowly creeping through the parking Tuesday afternoon.
A hospital spokesman says they will restart vaccinations at the location Wednesday morning at 7 a.m. Theyâre also prepared to vaccinate people who couldnât get the shot on Monday and Tuesday when the site was closed due to severe winter weather.
âWe didnât have anything specifically scheduled for the weekend. So we were able to move those appointments to Saturday if you were scheduled for Monday and Sunday if you were scheduled for Tuesday,â said Andy North.
Groups working together to vaccinate people in Tuscaloosa from coronavirus
DCH ramping up vaccinations By Kelvin Reynolds | February 10, 2021 at 6:13 PM CST - Updated February 10 at 6:13 PM
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - DCH Regional Medical Center runs Tuscaloosa’s only mass vaccination site for COVID19. But people with DCH aren’t the only folks working to distribute vaccines.
“Anything we can do to help facilitate getting shots in arms we’re willing to do with our resources,” Tuscaloosa Probate Judge Rob Robertson explained.
He said Tuscaloosa County is one of several groups offering help to vaccinate people here from coronavirus. The county is providing traffic control support and paramedics to assist in the effort at DCH’s remote site.
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Hohlbein: Healthier practices = higher attendance Tuesday, January 26, 2021 11:56 PM Members of the Delphos City Schools Board of Education include, front from left, Vice President Jason Grogg and President Jamie Wisher; and back, Tony Wiechart, Erica Pimpas and Andy North. (DHI Media/Nancy Spencer) DELPHOS Franklin Principal Bob Hohlbein was in the Spotlight Report
Monday evening during the first meeting of the year for the Delphos
City Schools Board of Education.
“The staff and students continue
to be excellent about taking all the extra steps to keep everyone safe
and healthy,” Hohlbein said. “The majority of students who have had to
quarantine from the Franklin building have been the result of a parent,
Even as DCH Health System expands COVID-19 vaccinations into the 1A plus crowd adding police, firefighters, and those over 75 to the 1A designation of healthcare workers and those in communal living it could potentially double the 800 shots it s delivering per week, if more of the Pfizer vaccine doses were available. We have the capacity at DCH to offer many more appointment times than we are currently, said Andy North, DCH vice president of marketing and communications. The appointment book is filled every week through February, and into the first days of March. What we know at this point is as we use up the vaccine, and report back our usage rate, that makes us eligible to get more vaccine, if there is any, North said.