Routine medical care should not be pushed aside warn doctors
New Albany hospital vaccinating frontline workers
So far, approximately 100 doctors, nurses and employees have received the first dose of the vaccine.
Routine medical care should not be pushed aside warn doctors
"* thousand cases are active./// as the pandemic continues ?
"* hospitals are having to balance the needs of patients with covid?
"*19 against those everyday health issues.
Kimt news 3's nick kruszalnicki has a look at how the mayo clinic is handling it.
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"* the doctos from mayo mentioned that many patients had put off some preventative care earlier this year ?
"* and they don't want that to happen again.
Doctors at the mayo clinic are rescheduling many elective surgeries that require an overnight stay ?
"* to keep hospital beds open.
With staff being reassigned to care for covid?
"* 19 patients ?
"* clin are also going to be doing appointments over the phone or through telehealth visits ?
"* o that preventative care can continue even with resources stretched to so, we're trying to be as intelligent as we can and allocate our resources appropriately so people can continue to get the care they need.
Doctor albright said expanding telehealth services to patients might be a benefit in the future.
Nick thanks nick.
Doctor albright recently took over as vice president of
So far, approximately 100 doctors, nurses and employees have received the first dose of the vaccine.