After months of lockdown to limit the spread of coronavirus, hospitals and nursing homes across North Carolina are once again allowing people to visit patients and residents. State lawmakers want to make sure visits will continue in the next public health emergency.
SAID THE PAUSE IN THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE COULD COME AS EARLY AS TONIGHT. >>> LAWMAKERS ARE DEBATING WHETHER TO PUNISH NURSING HOMES THAT DON’T ALLOW VISITORS. >> Reporter: YOU MIGHT REMEMBER LAST YEAR LAWMAKERS TRIED TO PASS A SIMILAR BILL. HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES COULD HAVE LOST THEIR FEDERAL FUNDING. NOW THE RULES HAVE CHANGED. THE REGULATIONS NOW SAY PEOPLE CAN’T BE KEPT IN LONG-TERM ISOLATION AND FACILITIES AND COMPASSIONATE VISITS MUST BE ALLOWED, ESPECIALLY FOR DISABLED PATIENTS. HOWEVER, SOME HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES ARE STILL NOT FOLLOWING THE NEW RULES. BOB WILSON OF BURLINGTON SAID HIS WIFE HAS BEEN IN A NURSING HOME SINCE 2016 AFTER HE IS SUFFERED A SUPPORT AND URGED SENATORS TO SUPPORT THE BILL. >> I WAS LOCKED OUT FOR SEVEN MONTHS AND COULD NOT SEE HER FOR ALL OF SEVEN MONTHS. DURING THAT SEVEN-MONTH PERIOD I DOCUMENTED 22 AREAS WHERE HER HEALTH DECLINED, HER MENTAL STATUS, EMOTIONAL STATUS, SPIRITUAL STATUS DECLINED. >> Reporter: WILSON SAID HE DOESN’T KNOW IF HIS WIFE WILL EVER RECOVER FROM THE DECLINES. THOSE FACILITIES COULD FACE DEFINES. THE BILL WOULD TAKE AWAY THE STATE’S POWER TO IMPOSE LOCKDOWNS IN THE FACILITY. IT COULD GET A VOTE ON THE
Dr. David A. Melendez joins the hospital in Osceola County, Florida St. Cloud, FL (April 15, 2021) – David A. Melendez, M.D., has recently joined Orlando Health Medical Group Urology and is based at Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital in Osceola County, Florida. Dr. Melendez has experience in robotic and […]
