Dothan hospital suspends elective surgeries as COVID-19 surges Southeast Health Hospital in Dothan is suspending elective surgeries as it increasingly focuses its attention on a surge in COVID-19 patients. (Source: WTVY) By WSFA Staff | December 17, 2020 at 2:45 PM CST - Updated December 17 at 6:40 PM
DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) - A hospital serving southeastern Alabama says it’s suspending elective surgeries because of an increase in cases of COVID-19 patients needing care.
The move by Southeast Health in Dothan takes effect Thursday.
The hospital announced the cutback in a statement that includes a plea for residents to wear face masks and take other safety steps.
Find Out What Hospitals in Alabama Received the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine
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Alabama doctors become the first people in the state to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Walter Doty IV, MD, and Ravi Nallamothu, MD, received the first doses Tuesday morning at Southeast Health in Dothan. The doses were administered by Chris Holland, RN, Director of Surgical Services at Southeast Health.
The first doses of the Pfizer vaccine will be distributed to 15 hospitals in Alabama. Frontline health workers will be the first to receive the vaccine.
Hospitals receiving vaccine are as follows:
Athens-Limestone Hospital in Athens
Cullman Regional Medical Center in Cullman
UpdatedTue, Dec 15, 2020 at 2:46 pm CT
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DCH will begin administering the vaccine on Thursday (Photo by Justin Tallis - Pool / Getty Images)
TUSCALOOSA, AL. DCH Health System announced on Tuesday that a local physician will be the first Tuscaloosa resident to receive the coronavirus vaccine on Thursday after the system received nearly 2,925 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine this week.
The vaccines will likely be administered at the new metal remote testing building on the DCH Regional Medical Center campus, with Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox alluding to the system being able to conduct roughly 500 vaccinations a week to start. The vaccine will also come at a time of worry in Tuscaloosa County, which reported 1,140 new coronavirus cases over the last week, marking a new high.
By The Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Health care workers and a few others began receiving the first vaccinations against the new coronavirus in Alabama on Tuesday as cases of the illness caused by the virus continued to increase.
Two physicians at Southeast Health in Dothan were the first in the state to receive the vaccine, the Alabama Department of Public Health said. Cullman Regional Medical Center said a longtime nurse, Donna Snow, had received an initial dose of the two-step vaccine a day after the hospital, located north of Birmingham, received its first shipment.
“I’m hopeful that more people are able to take the vaccine so we can begin to see a decline in the number of critically ill patients and families impacted by this disease,” Snow, who works in critical care, said in a statement released by the hospital.
Alabama health department announces list of hospitals getting the coronavirus vaccine
Two Southeast Health physicians prepare to receive the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at the hospital this morning. Walter Doty IV, MD, pulmonologist/intensivist and medical director of Southeast Health Critical Care (seated, left) and Ravi Nallamothu, MD, medical director of Southeast Health Hospitalist (seated, right) are attended by Chris Holland, RN, director, Surgical Services and Ben Ryals, RN, nurse manager, ER. Courtesy of Southeast Health
The vaccine is initially being distributed to 15 hospitals in Alabama.
Posted: Dec 15, 2020 2:57 PM
Updated: Dec 15, 2020 3:12 PM
Posted By: Ashley Thusius
The Alabama Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced which hospitals are receiving the coronavirus vaccine in the first round of distribution.