DCH Coronavirus Update 12-2-21

DCH Recognized by TCS

Yesterday the Tuscaloosa City Schools hosted the 2021 Apple Award event. Teachers, innovators and support staff were honored for their outstanding contributions to the education of children in the Tuscaloosa area. TCS also recognized DCH with an Outstanding Community Spirit Award for its contributions and dedication during the Pandemic.

Bryan Kindred, president and CEO of DCH, briefly addressed the gathered educators and thanked them for recognizing the contribution and efforts of the DCH team. He then discussed how the community is intertwined and we have all supported each other. Kindred ended by thanking the educators for their dedication to the children of our community.

Pictured, left to right: Paul Betz, chief operating officer, DCH Health System; Bryan Kindred, president and CEO, DCH Health system; Mike Daria, superintendent, TCS.

A Time to Give

Employees at DCH Regional Medical Center and Northport Medical Center put together 426 food boxes as part of DCH's annual holiday food box drive. 215 boxes went to the West Alabama Food Bank, while the remainder were distributed to six other area agencies, as well as DCH Home Health patients and DCH's employee assistance program. #Championsforyourhealth

COVID Update

To protect patient privacy, DCH has established a minimum threshold of five for reporting numbers of inpatients with laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19.

DCH Health System internal counts as of 4:07 p.m. on 12/2/21:

• 17 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• 5 or fewer inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• 5 or fewer inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 12,033 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 54,836 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 14,456 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 115,732 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 4,265 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 770 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died at DCH. This is not an indication of the cause of death, only that the individuals were positive for COVID-19 at the time of death.