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Amid talks with Auburn hospital, nurses say staffing shortages predate COVID-19

On the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, Auburn nurses say they are short-staffed amid negotiations with the hospital.

Nurse shortage a real problem at Auburn Community Hospital

Fingerlakes1.com Menu Have a tip for the newsroom, press release, local event listing or digital content to share? Send it here. Support our mission by visiting patreon.com/fl1 and becoming a monthly subscriber. Frontline workers like nurses have been in high-demand throughout the pandemic. But shortages have been well-documented, even before the pandemic. Now, a new example of why that nurse shortage has been made worse by the pandemic. Long hours, overtime, the stress of being short-staffed, and more were all detailed in a story that went one-on-one with five nurses at Auburn Community Hospital, Auburn Memorial Medical Services, and Finger Lakes Center for Living.

Dorothy Ruth Dietz

Auburn community health center gets first doses of COVID-19 vaccine

An early Christmas gift arrived at East Hill Medical Center this week: The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for frontline health care workers.  East Hill, which is a federally qualified health center, administered doses of the Moderna vaccine to employees on Wednesday. Dr. Chakrapani Irri, a pediatrician, was the first health care worker to be vaccinated.  New York received more than 300,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine this week. Moderna was the second pharmaceutical company — Pfizer was the first — to receive approval for a COVID-19 vaccine.  The state Department of Health distributed vaccine doses to health centers and hospitals. Auburn Community Hospital administered approximately 200 doses to frontline health care workers on Wednesday. 

Auburn hospital doctors, nurses receive COVID-19 vaccine: 'Another layer of protection'

Emilie Hauger has been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine in Auburn. On Wednesday, she received her inoculation.  Hauger, the director of outpatient specialty services at Auburn Community Hospital, was one of approximately 200 frontline health care workers at the hospital who were given their first dose of the Moderna vaccine. The two COVID-19 vaccines approved by federal regulators — Pfizer produced the other — require two doses over a three-week period.  For Hauger and other hospital employees, the vaccine arrived at an important point of the pandemic. Cayuga County has more than 600 active COVID-19 cases and over 3,500 people in quarantine. There are 35 COVID-19 patients at Auburn hospital, which is a new record.