/tags/northeastern-vermont-regional-hospital-covid-series Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital COVID Series en-US ΏͺΤΖΜεΣύ Fri, 10 Dec 2021 11:00:00 GMT /vpr-news/2021-12-10/angry-fearful-patients-heartbreaking-decisions-st-johnsbury-hospital-staff-are-exhausted-emotionally Until this summer, COVID numbers in the Northeast Kingdom remained low. Since the summer and the onset of the delta variant, those numbers have risen, and in the weeks after Halloween, there's been a surge of COVID patients at small regional hospitals. Fri, 10 Dec 2021 11:00:00 GMT /vpr-news/2021-12-10/angry-fearful-patients-heartbreaking-decisions-st-johnsbury-hospital-staff-are-exhausted-emotionally Erica Heilman /vpr-news/2021-12-09/two-st-johnsbury-night-nurses-on-mourning-loss-here-and-abroad-from-covid-19 COVID numbers have been on the rise for months in St. Johnsbury. As they work in the local hospital, two night nurses mourn losses in their communities both here and abroad. Thu, 09 Dec 2021 11:00:00 GMT /vpr-news/2021-12-09/two-st-johnsbury-night-nurses-on-mourning-loss-here-and-abroad-from-covid-19 Erica Heilman /vpr-news/2021-12-08/short-on-staff-equipment-two-nek-respiratory-therapists-on-getting-through-the-day-and-night-amid-covid Respiratory therapists, like many other health care workers, are in very short supply. The job of an RT is to make sure that patients with respiratory problems are getting enough oxygen. And during this COVID surge, they are having to marshal these resources very carefully and imperfectly. Wed, 08 Dec 2021 11:00:00 GMT /vpr-news/2021-12-08/short-on-staff-equipment-two-nek-respiratory-therapists-on-getting-through-the-day-and-night-amid-covid Erica Heilman /vpr-news/2021-12-07/st-johnsbury-hospital-staffers-on-continuing-care-during-covid-were-hanging-on-with-our-fingernails COVID numbers in the Northeast Kingdom have been climbing, and according to staff at the Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury, the weeks after Halloween have been the most trying since the beginning of the pandemic. Tue, 07 Dec 2021 11:00:00 GMT /vpr-news/2021-12-07/st-johnsbury-hospital-staffers-on-continuing-care-during-covid-were-hanging-on-with-our-fingernails Erica Heilman /vpr-news/2021-12-06/one-st-johnsbury-hospitalist-tired-of-risking-her-life-at-work-pleads-with-vermonters-to-get-vaccinated Vermont has struggled to contain the delta surge for months now, and COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have reached all-time highs. It comes at a time when hospital workers say they are exhausted from nearly two years of the pandemic, and frustrated by people who refuse to get vaccinated. Mon, 06 Dec 2021 11:00:00 GMT /vpr-news/2021-12-06/one-st-johnsbury-hospitalist-tired-of-risking-her-life-at-work-pleads-with-vermonters-to-get-vaccinated Erica Heilman