We're in a race to vaccinate as many people as possible before new variants of #COVID19 catch up with us. Unfortunately, right now it feels like we're losing that race. The virus is spreading in Central Oregon and the people being hospitalized are getting younger.
Meet Isaac, a young man with Cerebral Palsy, Mitochondrial disease and an awesome smile. Isaac learned to drive with hand controls and found confidence, freedom and a whole new way of being in the world.
Learn more about our adaptive driving program: https://t.co/J8FMtergnB
INSIDE LOOK: Dr. Natalie Good from our Prineville Family Care clinic takes YOU along as she receives her #COVID19 vaccine. Watch as she gets her shot at St. Charles #inBend and leaves with "a great feeling of hope" that this is the beginning of the end for the pandemic.
How are #COVID19 vaccines protecting older people? What have we learned from data about vaccinated health care workers? Why must we keep washing hands, masking and distancing? Infectious disease expert Dr. Cynthia Maree answers those questions and more. https://t.co/eYCnY1gQjQ
Staying up to date on your preventative checkups and screenings not only keeps you healthy, says Dr. Jenna Thiele of St. Charles Family Care - it could save your life.
So don’t distance from your doctor and don’t delay care … book your needed appointments today.
Take a look at the important role the Madras, Prineville and Redmond hospitals play in our #COVID19 response. Our #inBend hospital *could not* care for all of Central Oregon's COVID-positive patients without the creativity and collaboration of these folks: https://t.co/Zcvq0pxuUF
Walk through the vaccine clinic at @DeschutesCounty fairgrounds with Taylor Reynolds, school psychologist with @BLPSchools, as he gets his #COVID19 vaccine. We are currently vaccinating phase 1A & group 1 of phase 1B, which includes childcare providers, K-12 educators and staff.
Need some good news after months of a global pandemic? The #COVID19 vaccine is coming to Central Oregon/#inBend this week! Below, pharmacist Tyler Larson shows us the freezer and talks about the process to store and administer the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
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We asked St. Charles cardiologist Daniel Sedehi, MD, six serious (and not so serious) questions about the heart. Hear his very real answers in our latest edition of Off The Cuff.
Our #COVID19 vaccination clinic is up and running! These were the first six to receive their shot but were followed by close to 200 of their fellow caregivers. We are proud to join many others all over the world over in this effort to end the pandemic. #ashotofhope#inbend
August may well be #CentralOregon's worst month for #COVID19 positives. Our hospitals and medical community are in crisis. Hear from those on the front lines about what they need to get us all through these trying times. #inBend
The Delta variant is now the dominant strain of #COVID19#inBend/C.O., and it’s much more transmissible than the original. Watch our infectious disease expert, Dr. Cynthia Maree, talk about typical symptoms, how it spreads, how kids are affected & more.
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46% of the folks in Crook County have been vaccinated against #COVID19. Below, some of them share their "why."
What’s your why? Feel free to share in the replies. And if you who haven’t been vaccinated yet, visit https://t.co/vlnWu6pb6u and find a clinic near you. #mywhy
Here's the incredible story of how our Central Oregon community came together to help a veteran health worker from El Salvador. (Note: This video was produced before the COVID-19 pandemic.)
https://t.co/6A1qnXxANu
#inBend/Central Oregon: Our friend Charlie the sure-footed penguin has a few tips to help you avoid slips, trips and falls because of ice and snow this winter. Magnificent! https://t.co/Y6jHXGIopA
Here's the incredible story of how our Central Oregon community came together to help a veteran health worker from El Salvador. (Note: This video was produced before the COVID-19 pandemic.)
https://t.co/6A1qnXxANu
Loosening of mask mandates and other restrictions may make it feel like we're almost done with this pandemic. Below, see what it’s like inside our #inBend hospital, where dozens of very sick patients are proof #COVID19 is most assuredly *not* done with us. https://t.co/gUW9vOYT8g
Have you ever noticed the "donate life" flag outside St. Charles #inBend? We raise it when an organ donation is in process to honor organ donors and their families for giving the gift of life. A single organ donor can save or enhance up to 75 lives.