Dec 19, 2020
In recognition of Advanced Practice Providers (APP) Week earlier this month, UPMC in the Susquehanna Region made a $5,000 contribution to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank’s Health Innovations Program on behalf of its advance practice provider staff.
The Health Innovations Program connects the food bank’s emergency feeding network and consumers served by these programs with members of the medical community to promote health, wellness, and nutrition education.
“A person’s health is influenced by many factors, including housing, education, employment, and access to healthy food. These factors, sometimes referred to as the social determinants or social influencers of health, are defined by the conditions and environment in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age,” said David Lopatofsky, MD, chief medical officer, UPMC in the Susquehanna Region.
Here we go again.
School sports have been halted. Indoor dining is banned. Shopping establishments are limited to 50-percent capacity. Public buildings are being closed and limited access allowed by appointment only.
It’s all temporary, and it’s all because of the raging COVID-19 pandemic.
Raging, yes. The nationwide death toll is spiraling upward. More than 300,000 since it began early this year. The one-day death toll recently topped 3,000 more than occurred on D-Day or Sept. 11, 2001.
We’ve watched the obituary columns increase dramatically in this newspaper this month. While on most days, the obituaries fit on one page, recent weeks have seen at least two pages of obituaries on most days and more on some days.
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With amplified anxieties and health-care needs surrounding the resurgence of COVID-19, local UPMC and Geisinger professionals are closely monitoring supplies, beds, staff members and the community as they battle challenges that come with hitting patient capacity.
“All of the hospitals are at or near capacity and have been for the last few weeks,” Dr. David Lopatofsky, CMO of UPMC in the Susquehanna Region, said.
“We would continue to emphasize that COVID is very real and it is very dangerous … it is more important than ever to practice health measures, masking, staying home when you’re feeling sick and avoiding gatherings,” he emphasized.
MALLORIE McILWAIN mmcilwain@sungazette.com
With amplified anxieties and health care needs surrounding the resurgence of COVID-19, local UPMC and Geisinger professionals are closely monitoring supplies, beds, staff members and the community as they battle challenges that come with hitting capacity with patients.
“All of the hospitals are at or near capacity and have been for the last few weeks,” Dr. David Lopatofsky, CMO of UPMC in the Susquehanna Region, said.
“We would continue to emphasize that COVID is very real and it is very dangerous … it is more important than ever to practice health measures, masking, staying home when you’re feeling sick and avoiding gatherings,” he emphasized.