Health Care
Here are the CVS drive-thru locations that will offer COVID-19 tests starting Friday
CVS Pharmacy Drive-thru locations on King Street in Northampton and Riverdale Street in West Springfield are among the 10 new COVID-19 test sites in Massachusetts the company plans to open Friday, May 15. CVS, based in Rhode Island, announced the locations Thursday morning. Read the source article at masslive.com
Read MoreProvidence Behavioral Health Hospital plans 202 layoffs in Holyoke as state mulls decision to close inpatient beds
Mercy Medical Center plans to lay off 202 employees at its Providence Behavioral Health Hospital in Holyoke when it permanently closes all 74 of its inpatient psychiatry beds there at the end of June. Mercy, itself owned by Trinity Health Of New England, filed a WARN notice under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act…
Read MoreMore than 600 businesses apply to help with coronavirus response in Massachusetts to make personal protective equipment
Charlie Merrow, a seventh-generation manager of Merrow Manufacturing in Fall River, estimates the company will produce up to 4 million medical gowns, coveralls and other protective items in the coming months in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Enlisting the help of the Baker administration, Merrow pivoted from making sewing machines and apparel to producing protective…
Read MoreMassachusetts employers lose more confidence in midst of coronavirus; but optimism grows about conditions 6 months from now
Businesses lost even more confidence in the current state of the Massachusetts economy last month but appear to hold out rosier hope for the future, according to survey results released Tuesday by Associated Industries of Massachusetts. AIM’s Business Confidence Index fell 1.8 points after suffering its largest monthly decline ever during March. The Index ended…
Read MoreHolyoke Medical Center gets ‘A’ for patient safety in national survey
Holyoke Medical Center received an ‘A’ grade from a national organization dedicated to improving healthcare quality and patient safety. The Washington D.C.-based Leapfrog Group, which assigns A, B, C, D and F letter grades to hospitals across the country, released its semi-annual report on Thursday. “Our goal is to inform patients about local hospitals with…
Read MoreSTCC Respiratory Care Program Lends Ventilators to Hospitals
Springfield Technical Community College’s respiratory care program is lending its five ventilators to area hospitals preparing for a surge in patients due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Christopher Scott, dean of the School of Health and Patient Simulation, said STCC is prepared to donate or lend any equipment hospitals need during the coronavirus emergency. The school…
Read MoreCoronavirus: Holyoke manufacturing business turns to making face shields to help medical employees
A company that specializes in specialized plastic packaging has joined in the fight to prevent the coronavirus from spreading to already-taxed health care workers. Employees at Walter Drake Inc. have gone from making clamshell packaging for electronics, blister packages for pharmaceuticals and trays for many uses to making much-needed plastic face shields for doctors, nurses…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Response Fund for the Pioneer Valley Issues Fourth Round of Grants
A fourth round of grants, totaling $226,000, from the COVID-19 Response Fund for the Pioneer Valley has been announced, with healthcare and medical centers in Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties receiving the largest portion of the new round as they battle the impact of the disease on the region with surging admissions to hospitals. Grants…
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We need your help! Baystate Health cares for a population of about 1M people in Western Massachusetts. That’s a lot of people that depend on us, right now more than any other time in modern history. Our care depends on medical supplies that are increasing in short supply, around the country, around the world.…
Read MoreThunderbirds, Uno, Nadim’s Team Up to Provide Meals to Baystate and Mercy
On April 16, the Springfield Thunderbirds teamed up with two of its local restaurant partners, Uno Pizzeria & Grill and Nadim’s Downtown Mediterranean Grill, to deliver more than 50 meals to staff at both Baystate Medical Center and Mercy Medical Center. “Though we are not able to play hockey at this time, we want to…
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