Union General Hospital gives notice of positive COVID-19 case
Health, News April 1, 2020
PRESS RELEASE – Union General Hospital is providing notice to the public that it received its first report of a positive case of COVID-19 that is being cared for as an inpatient at our facility. This individual was admitted late during the evening of Tuesday, March 31, 2020. The patient was isolated in accordance with CDC and CMS guidance. The treatment plan has been implemented and is being monitored by the physicians.
Union General Hospital has been continuously preparing through its emergency operations plan for the likelihood of a COVID-19 patient. Our team has evaluated the hospital’s supplies, its cleaning processes, its staff and its capacity to ensure safe and effective care to patients. At this time, all suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients are being treated in a designated unit away from our OB Unit and regular Med/Surg Unit in an effort to physically separate the patients. Union General Hospital maintains an experienced and well-qualified medical staff with quality facilities and equipment.
The hospital will continue to evaluate any CDC and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) guidance as this public and national emergency continues to unfold. Union General Hospital’s team, including the healthcare providers and first responders, are available to provide high quality and comprehensive healthcare to our neighbors in our region.
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Thanks, so glad to see that the hospital took this seriously and took steps to be prepared. Now if the Union County would issue a ” stay-at-home ” order, people may be more protected.
Proud of our mtn towns. I just wish they would provide a wee bit more info as to where all this person has been in the last 48 hours. Do not need their personal info, just a list of possible places that could have been contaminated. Advanced warning is key and essential.
Probably brought in by those people from Atlanta that came up over the weekend to the state parks. Stay home, people!
yes, at Walmart a lady had 2 tents,4 sleeping bags, 2 coolers, and a grill, don’t think she was just going home.