In a statement Wednesday afternoon, Ascension Seton said it would remain focused on the 1A group. RELATED | Here's A Map Of COVID Vaccine Providers In Texas But when the staffer went to make an appointment for themself, the pharmacist would not schedule it, even though they had a qualifying medical condition.Īustin Regional Clinic set up a website to screen and schedule patients for vaccination last week, though the site was not allowing patients to schedule an appointment based on the Phase 1B criteria as of Wednesday. However, a staffer at KUT/X said they were able to schedule a vaccination for their mother at the H-E-B on Burnet Road in Austin. We will continue to offer vaccine to the healthcare worker group at this time.- H-E-B December 30, 2020 While some providers may be offering it to those in 1B, we are not yet in this phase as we are still receiving shipments. There is some confusion based on updates from TX Dept of State Health Services.
Still, on Wednesday providers, including H-E-B, told patients they would only be serving people who fall into the Phase 1A group, which includes health care workers and other first responders. John Hellerstedt released a statement saying: “All providers that have received COVID-19 vaccine must immediately vaccinate healthcare workers, Texans over the age of 65, and people with medical conditions that put them at a greater risk of severe disease or death from COVID-19. It just seems like there was a lot of confusion and lack of coordination.” “The people I was talking to also seemed pretty frustrated because they seemed equally in the dark. “It was pretty frustrating, the fact that nobody seems to know what’s going on,” he said. Bennett and his parents fall into that group. That group includes people ages 65 and older and people above the age of 16 who have underlying health conditions that could lead to COVID-19 complications.
The Texas Department of State Health Services released guidance on Tuesday saying that vaccine providers should be serving patients in the so-called Phase 1B group now. And I called Austin Regional Clinic,” he said.Įach one told him that he and his parents couldn’t get a vaccine from them. You can also get the latest COVID-19 news from around the country at Bennett spent much of Tuesday afternoon on the phone trying to find a vaccine provider for his parents and himself. We encourage support persons to use alternate methods of communication to stay in contact with loved ones, such as phone calls, video chats or texting.ĬLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST INFO ON THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKįOX 7 Austin is working to keep you up to date with coronavirus, with both local and national developments. While we understand the importance of having the support of loved ones during a hospital visit or stay, we must continue to prioritize the health and safety of our patients and caregivers during this unprecedented pandemic. Ascension Seton will continue to allow visitors at Dell Children's Medical Center. One caregiver 18 years or older may accompany these patient populations the visitor must pass our previously established health-screening criteria upon entrance into the facility and must wear a mask while in our facilities. Exceptions will be made for laboring and post-partum patients patients with disabilities or impairments or who are elderly patients in the neonatal ICU (NICU) and pediatric units patients requiring surgery or other medical procedures and patients requiring end-of-life care. Our priority is to reduce the transmission risk within our sites of care. David’s HealthCare are reinstating a ‘no visitor’ policy.
In an effort to protect patients, physicians, staff, and the community as COVID-19 continues to spread within our community, Ascension Seton, Baylor Scott & White Health and St. We continue to monitor the viral activity in the community, as well as the COVID-related hospitalizations across our healthcare systems, and we are adapting to the needs of our patients and to the healthcare demands of our community.
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