First Vaccine Recipients Say Shots Are Worth It
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RALEIGH, N.C. – A couple at a senior living community on Tuesday said they appreciated being prioritized in the state s vaccination program.
Marie and Tom Best were among the more than 300 residents and staff that received their first COVID-19 shot on Tuesday at The Cardinal at North Hills.
Residents and staff in long-term care facilities were the second group in Phase 1a to be vaccinated against COVID-19, after health care workers who deal directly with COVID-19 patients. Long-term care facilities have been hit particularly hard in the pandemic. As of Tuesday, more than 2,500 of North Carolina s COVID-19 deaths had been in nursing homes, with another 724 in residential care facilities.
Critical care specialist Dr Tom Best, and former King’s midwife Jill Demilew receive MBEs
A serving King’s doctor and a former King’s midwife are two of the NHS workers recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list for 2021.
Dr Tom Best, Clinical Director for Critical Care, has been awarded an MBE for services to critical care, particularly for his work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Best was instrumental in ensuring the Trust was able to safely manage the high volume of patients requiring intensive care during the first wave in April 2020. King’s had among the highest number of acutely unwell patients in the country. The intensive care consultant recently featured in the Channel 4 documentary, Surviving Covid, which charted the lives of six patients who had spent many months in critical care following a Covid diagnosis.
Christmas comes early for local children
Carlson Elementary School kindergarten student Zayden Czebieniak shops for toys at Meijer with firefighter Joel Ricketts Dec. 8.
Photo by Deb Jacques
Photo by Deb Jacques
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WARREN The calendar read Dec. 8, but it already felt like Christmas morning for Zayden and Nathaniel Czebieniak.
The brothers picked up several new toys during the evening as the Warren Fire Department held its 14th annual Shop with a Firefighter at Meijer.
WFD members let the Christmas spirit ring when they took 30 Van Dyke Public Schools students from Carlson, Lincoln and McKinley elementary schools on a shopping spree at the store’s 12 Mile and Mound roads location. The Meijer corporation provided each student with a $100 gift card. Each child was paired up with a firefighter, and together they shopped for Barbies, Nerf footballs, board games, remote control cars, L.O.L. Surprise Dolls and more.