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St. Charles nurses voice frustration after hospital declares, later withdraws 'crisis standards of care' ktvz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ktvz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
St. Charles nurses voice frustration after hospital declares, later withdraws 'crisis standards of care' ktvz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ktvz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Six medical professionals at St. Charles Bend were among the first in Central Oregon to be vaccinated for COVID-19 on Monday, according to hospital officials. The volunteers sat at six tables in a ground-floor conference room at the hospital and were injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which was fast-tracked through the approval process 10 days ago. On the same day, the Oregon Health Authority reported that 39 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Deschutes County, the lowest daily case count since early November. Health authority officials also reported the death on Monday of a Deschutes County man. The 58-year-old tested positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 14, and died Dec. 19 at St. Charles, according to health officials. ....
(Update: Adding comments from vaccine recipient, St. Charles officials) I realize that it is just a first step in a long journey, ER doctor says BEND, Ore (KTVZ) Nine months into the pandemic, the first health care providers from St. Charles-Bend were vaccinated Monday with Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine. It meant Dr. Frances McCabe got her work week started a little differently. It is wonderful to get this part of the process underway, McCabe told reporters. She headed to a conference room, signed her name, took her seat and prepped for a Central Oregon first. Easy peasy, Dr. McCabe said as she was injected with the vaccine, at least 975 doses of which arrived at St. Charles last Thursday. ....