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Flags and markers will be made available each day from 9:00am-7:00pm beginning Monday, March 29, 2021 and ending Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021. Continue Reading →
“We’re addressing our nursing home to make sure everyone is vaccinated there. It’s a little more complicated because of shifts and timing, but we’re working hard to get everyone who works there vaccinated as quickly as possible.” – Fred Camillo Continue Reading →
During Monday’s meeting of the board of the Nathaniel Witherell, Greenwich’s town-owned 202 bed nursing home, two concerns intersected: low Covid-19 vaccination rates among staff and layoffs. Continue Reading →
Every year The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society accepts a nomination for their Man and Woman of the Year fundraising campaign. This year, Katie DeLuca, Town Planner for Town of Greenwich, was accepted as a candidate. Katie lost her husband to a rare form of leukemia in December 2019. Continue Reading →
During a press conference on Wednesday, the CEO of Yale New Haven Health System, Marna Borgstrom, said the high mark for Covid-19 hospitalizations was four months ago during the second wave of Covid-19. On December 8, 2020 the system had 447 Covid-positive patients. As of Wednesday, the system was down to 165 patients, with 44 in ICU and fewer than half of them on ventilators. That breaks down as 97 at Yale New Haven Hospital, 43 at Bridgeport, 11 at L+M, 11 at Greenwich Hospital, 2 at Westerly. Nearly 10,000 people have been discharged after being admitted with Covid-19. Continue Reading →
UniteCT is funded by Connecticut’s $235 million share of the $25 billion Congress appropriated for emergency rental and utility assistance in December’s stimulus package. Continue Reading →
“As a volunteer Contact Tracer I have had up to 21 people per day on my list alone….Some cases have taken close to an hour per call.” – Stephanie Paulmeno, DNP, RN, NHA, CPH, CCM, CDPPublic Health Education Specialist/Greenwich Department of Health Continue Reading →
The revised schedule tentatively plans for the vaccine to expand to all adults over the age of 16 by April 5. Continue Reading →
While First Selectman Fred Camillo said he was pleased that Nathaniel Witherell had amended their visitation policy, but it was also important to encourage people to get vaccinated. Continue Reading →
After careful consideration and deliberate discussions with clinical leadership, Greenwich Hospital announced Monday that they will resume limited patient visitation. Continue Reading →