Kristin Carpenter, an LPN at Minnie Hamilton Well being System in Calhoun County, will get her COVID booster vaccine administered by RN Maggie Metheny. (Picture Offered)
GRANTSVILLE — Minnie Hamilton Well being Techniques lately obtained a grant to enhance telehealth and COVID vaccination boosters are underway.
Final week, hospital officers introduced the $457,568 grant from the Federal Communications Fee which is able to “present reimbursement for actions associated to the upgrades of the phone system, broadband entry, web community, expanded Wi-Fi entry and improved visitor networks,” a press launch from Minnie Hamilton mentioned.
With a number of sufferers not snug making the journey to the bigger markets to go to well being specialists, Eric Ritchie, chief operations officer with Minnie Hamilton, mentioned individuals are capable of go to a major care doctor within the Calhoun County places of work and do a digital go to with a specialist.
“With our location being so rural, we’re going to be closely reliant on telehealth providers. Any investments we are able to make in telehealth (will) permit us to attach and work together with sufferers,” Ritchie mentioned. “In the course of the pandemic, individuals simply went with out healthcare and that was the large eye opener. We need to keep the neighborhood’s consolation.”
Members of the Calhoun County neighborhood are starting to get their COVID vaccine booster photographs as the primary booster clinic was final week. Ritchie mentioned it was nicely attended and one other clinic is scheduled for Thursday from 9 a.m. to midday at Calhoun Center Excessive College.
As a result of a number of of the neighborhood members obtained the Moderna shot when the vaccines had been first accessible, Ritchie mentioned a lot of the boosters they’ve are Moderna, however Pfizer boosters can be found by appointment.
So far, Ritchie mentioned he hasn’t heard of anybody having unwanted effects from the third shot. He mentioned it’s doubtless individuals will react to the third shot the identical means they reacted to the primary two.
For extra details about vaccinations or day by day COVID testing, go to the Minnie Hamilton Well being System Fb web page.
