New Hampshire long-term care facilities prepare for COVID-19 vaccine delivery
Delivery, inoculation process logistics established Share Updated: 10:19 PM EST Dec 20, 2020
Delivery, inoculation process logistics established Share Updated: 10:19 PM EST Dec 20, 2020
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Show Transcript HOME ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS SAY THIS MOMENT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. CVS TELLS NEWS 9, DOSES WILL ARRIVE TO SOME OF THEIR FACILITIES AS EARLY AS TOMORROW. FROM THERE, THEY WILL BE DELIVERED TO NURSING HOMES ACROSS THE STATE. THE DELIVERIES WILL BE STAGGERED IN THE COMING DAYS. BRENDAN WILLIAMS OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION SAYS THE FIRST PEOPLE VACCINATED WILL BE PATIENTS AND STAFF WHO HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THEM. DAVID ROSS IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NURSING HOME. LIKE SO MANY OTHERS THE FACILITY WAS CRIPPLED BY COVID- 19. 154 RESIDENTS CONTRACTED THE VIRUS A
Light of hope : Woodsville hospital welcomes COVID-19 vaccines
Health care workers in New Hampshire continue to be vaccinated Share Updated: 6:19 PM EST Dec 18, 2020
Health care workers in New Hampshire continue to be vaccinated Share Updated: 6:19 PM EST Dec 18, 2020
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Show Transcript NINE HAVE DIED. LOCAL HEALTH CARE OFFICIALS SAY THIS VACCINE COULD NOT HAVE COME SOON ENOUGH. HOLLY MCCORMACK: THE LIGHT OF HOPE, THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, THE BEACON OF HOPE. TIM: THE ARRIVAL OF PFIZER’S COVID-19 VACCINE IS LIKE A EARLY CHRISTMAS GIFT, SAYS HOLLY MCCORMACK, CHIEF NURSING OFFICER FOR COTTAGE HOSPITAL. THE WOODSVILLE MEDICAL FACILITY WAS SOMEWHAT SPARED DURING THE BEGINNING OF PANDEMIC, BUT THAT HAS CHANGED IN RECENT MONTHS HOLLY MCCORMACK: WE’VE H IN-PATIENT CASES HERE. OUR E.D. IS SEEING CASES, AND OUR RURAL HEALTH CLINIC IS ALSO CARING FOR COVID PATIENTS. SO IT DEFINITELY IS HITTING CLOSE TO HOME NOW. TIM: COTTAGE HOS