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First responders honor Sovah healthcare workers
Read full article: First responders honor Sovah healthcare workersFlashing lights and blaring sirens marked what Chief Medical Officer Sheranda Gunn-Nolan calls โthe hardest year in medicine.โOn Monday, first responders thanked Sovah healthcare workers who are tackling the pandemic on the frontlines. โWhat has been very difficult has been the feeling of helplessness because as caregivers we are here to help heal the body,โ said Sovah Health Interim Chief Executive Officer Tory Shepherd. Seeing spikes in January at the systemโs hospitals in Martinsville and Danville, 25 patients a day were in the critical care unit in Martinsville. With a vaccine available, many health care workers are rejoicing. AdโWe were able to do this under a year is a testament to manโs ingenuity,โ said Dr. James McKay with Sovah Health.
Dale Alward out as CEO of Sovah Healthโs Martinsville campus
Read full article: Dale Alward out as CEO of Sovah Healthโs Martinsville campusThe top man at Sovah Health in Martinsville is out. The health system confirmed to 10 News that Dale Alward is no longer the CEO at the Martinsville campus. Tory Shepherd, the hospitalโs COO, will now serve as interim CEO. Tory Shepherd (Sovah Health)โWe will inform our community when a permanent leader has been identified,โ wrote Sovah Marketing Director Kelly Fitzgerald to 10 News in an email. โAs a matter of practice, we maintain confidentiality on all personnel matters, so we cannot provide additional details.โThis news comes on the same day that we learned Centra CEO Dr. Andy Mueller is leaving for Maine.
Local health experts discuss vaccine distribution, latest COVID-19 numbers
Read full article: Local health experts discuss vaccine distribution, latest COVID-19 numbersLYNCHBURG, Va. โ Health officials in the Southwest Region, including Carilion, Centra, LewisGale, and Sovah, report 280 patients are hospitalized with the coronavirus, 61 are in the ICU and 30 are on ventilators. At Centra Health, officials are unsure when theyโll get the vaccine or how. โThey do likely have some amount of immunity to it, unclear of how much and for how long. We still donโt still know is that enough immunity to protect them for a good enough while that weโd say, โwell, letโs not vaccine,โ said Dr. Christopher Lewis of Centra Health. Centra officials say theyโre not going to mandate it for caregivers but strongly encourage it.