Northwell Health, the largest hospital system in New York state, announces that all of its employees have been vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Mark Parkinson, president of the American Health Care Association, discusses President Biden’s vaccine mandate for all nursing home staffers.Northwell Health, the largest hospital system in New York state, announced Monday that all of its employees have been vaccinated against the coronavirus.Eduardo Munoz/Reuters/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE
Northwell Health representatives said in a statement that all of the company's 76,000 employees, from 23 hospitals and more than 830 outpatient facilities, have received their shots."Northwell believes that having a fully vaccinated workforce is an important measure in our duty to protect the health and safety of our staff, our patients and the communities we serve," the company said in a statement.
"Northwell regrets losing any employee under such circumstances, but as health care professionals and members of the largest health care provider in the state, we understand our unique responsibility to protect the health of our patients and each other," the hospital said."We owe it to our staff, our patients and the communities we serve to be 100% vaccinated against COVID-19."
New York hospitals were the epicenter of the pandemic during the spring of 2020, with bed space scarce in several locations in New York City. Hospital admissions peaked 18,825 on April 12, 2020, according to the New York State Health Department.
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