Mercy NWA extends visitation hours at area hospitals
The public health crisis has forced area hospitals to limit the number of people coming in and out of their facilities. Author: 5NEWS Web Staff Updated: 4:29 PM CDT March 16, 2021
ROGERS, Ark. Mercy Northwest Arkansas has updated its visitation policies and campus guidelines one year after the COVID-19 pandemic started.
The public health crisis has forced area hospitals to limit the number of people coming in and out of their facilities to protect their workers and patients health and safety.
With cases starting to dip in Arkansas and COVID-19 vaccines become more accessible, Mercy Northwest Arkansas is beginning to extend visitation hours and loosen some restrictions. Though, Mercy says it can change its guidelines if cases and hospitalizations spike again.
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Mercy Berryville has opened sign-ups to anyone in the community who is interested in receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.
Residents may go to Mercy.net/GetVaccineBV for the easiest and most efficient way to sign up. They will be prompted to answer a series of questions to determine eligibility and placed in a queue. Once vaccine becomes available, those eligible under state guidelines will be contacted to schedule an appointment. Those who prefer to sign up by phone may call 833-364-6777.
The state of Arkansas vaccine plan currently identifies people in groups 1-A and 1-B as eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccinations.
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
By Robert Cox and Scott LoftisCCNnews@cox-internet.com
Three more Carroll County residents have died from complications related to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Arkansas Department of Health, and Berryville School District superintendent Owen Powell confirmed Monday that a teacher in the district has died.
According to numbers released Monday morning by the Arkansas Department of Health, the total number of deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus in the county now stands at 33. Statewide, the death toll has risen to 4,043.
Its unclear if the 33 Carroll County deaths reported by the health department include the Berryville teacher.
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Arkansas Department of Health
While many hospitals across the country are struggling to deal with another surge of patients during the COVID-19 pandemic particularly rural hospitals, where beds and staff are limited and space for transfers is limited Carroll Countys two largest healthcare facilities are weathering the storm without any major problems and are rapidly completing the process of vaccinating their staff against the novel coronavirus.
At Mercy Hospital Hospital in Berryville, a 25-bed critical access facility, the number of patients both COVID-related and non-COVID has remained manageable and most of the approximately 125-member hospital staff has already received at least the first dose of the vaccine. Many began receiving the second dose last week.
Hospitals in Berryville and Eureka Springs received their first shipments of COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, Dec. 18, and began vaccinating employees that afternoon.
Mercy Hospital in Berryville planned to begin vaccinating employees at about 1 p.m. Friday, senior media relations specialist Jennifer Cook said by email Wednesday, Dec. 16.
It will likely take a couple of days to exhaust the supply in the first shipment, so vaccinations will continue Monday, Cook said. We followed state guidelines for prioritizing recipients, and those working directly with COVID patients and high-risk co-workers are first.
Cody Qualls, executive director of development, corporate and community relations for Mercy Berryville, said 54 hospital employees had been vaccinated by Monday morning.