New York hospital pauses baby deliveries after Covid-19 resignations
CNNCNN — A hospital in upstate New York is “pausing” deliveries of babies because of the number of maternity unit employee resignations over the state’s Covid-19 vaccination requirements, health officials say. Lewis County General Hospital in Lowville, about 60 miles northeast of Syracuse, will stop deliveries after September 24, said Gerald Cayer, chief executive of the Lewis County Health System. Cayer said there are 165 employees throughout the Lewis County Health System who haven’t received a single dose of the vaccine. Lewis County Health System has five employees in quarantine, five employees in isolation, and there are four community members hospitalized at LCGH who are Covid-positive, and they are ill enough to be inpatients.” The New York State Department of Health issued an order August 16 mandating the vaccination of all health care workers, including staff at “nursing homes, adult care, and other congregate care settings,” by September 27.
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