Covid testing positivity rate: Indiana’s Covid positivity rate is at 7.3% and Shelby County’s positivity rate is 8.1%. Shelby County’s positivity rate continues to slowly trend downward and has changed to “yellow” status.
COVID Vaccination: The CDC has approved the pediatric (age 5-11) dose of the Pfizer COVID Vaccine. A pediatric COVID Vaccination Clinic will be scheduled and communicated to the community.
MHP Priority Care and MHP Pediatrics walk-ins: Walk-in volumes at both locations have steadied and are in line with our normal volumes for this time of year.
Emergency Department: The Emergency Department is seeing normal volumes for this time of the year.
Inpatient unit: Thirty-three of our 40 beds are occupied on our 3rd floor inpatient unit.
- We currently have 5 critical care patients on the 3rd floor and 4 of those patients are due to Covid. Of the 4 Covid-related critical care patients, all are unvaccinated.
- We have 2 patients on ventilators, plus 6 additional patients who are on Vapotherm or BiPap. Both of our ventilated patients are due to Covid and none of those patients are vaccinated.
- Eight of our inpatients are Covid positive and none of those are vaccinated.
MHP Employees with Covid: We currently have 3 MHP staff members out with Covid or suspected Covid.
Show your gratitude: Now more than ever is the time to tell healthcare workers how much we appreciate their hard work and dedication. You and your family can express how much they mean to you with a new, special opportunity: the Gratitude Group. Simply submit your videos, messages, and/or photos to gratitude@majorhospital.org These messages will be shared internally to all MHP employees! *Please keep your video under 2 minutes.*
Donations needed: There is a nationwide shortage of crutches. Do you have adult size crutches at home that you no longer need? If so, please reach out to Angela Gill, agill@majorhospital.org to coordinate drop off of your new or used crutches. THANK YOU!