In those instances when someone may not be able to get vaccinated due to a medical condition or sincerely held religious belief, Ascension will provide a process for requesting an exemption. As a healthcare provider and as a Catholic ministry, ensuring we have a culture of safety for our associates, patients and communities is foundational to our work. This decision is rooted in our Mission commitment to leading with quality and safety. This date aligns with the timing of the mandatory influenza vaccination program we’ve operated successfully for many years. Like many health systems across the country, Ascension hospitals are moving to require our associates to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by November 12, 2021. We must do more to overcome this highly contagious disease as we provide safe environments for those we serve. “Everyone keeps asking me about you and how you’re doing and how things are going, and they can’t wait for you to come in and deliver and see you again.Approximately 95 percent of our patients at Ascension Sacred Heart who have been hospitalized with COVID-19 have not been vaccinated. And it’s part of why, you know, you’re doing so well and continue to recover,” Ghartey told Martinez. Nevertheless, Martinez said she’s also grateful to her doctors and nurses who gave her strength. I’m extremely happy to just be here with my family and have the opportunity to see them.” “Now everything is a challenge - brushing my teeth, my hair, getting from the living room to the kitchen table. She also said she doesn’t know how long she will need to be on the oxygen. She’s due to give birth in about two weeks. She said so far, her baby has been doing great, but she worries about long-term impacts. She said before getting COVID-19 she was very active and rarely got sick. She also explained that expectant moms can get the vaccine days before birth and even after recovering from the virus.Ĭarolina Martinez is recovering at home after 2 and half months at Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin. She said the earlier pregnant women get the vaccine, the more immunity will be passed on to their babies.
Given how highly infectious the delta variant is, it may not prevent you from getting COVID, but it will prevent you from getting hospitalized and getting incredibly sick.” “The vaccine in terms of the way it was developed, the science on that, has been around for years, there were no shortcuts that were taken to achieve authorization from the FDA,” Ghartey explained. “We know that it’s safe. David’s spokesperson said the hospital can’t share this level of detail about COVID-19 cases.įor Ghartey, it’s about not just protecting the mothers but also the baby. She’s worried about complications to the baby, including preterm births, which her team has had to oversee over the last several weeks. She added that the majority of those patients are fighting the delta variant, and all of those pregnant women in the hospital suffering from COVID-19 are unvaccinated.Ī St. “It feels like this pandemic will never end because we will never reach herd immunity and will just keep getting new variants.” Fighting delta variant unvaccinatedĪ spokesperson with Baylor Scott & White Health explained that they can’t give specific numbers either, but according to their maternal fetal medicine specialists, they’re also seeing a greater number of pregnant patients admitted in ICU and on ventilators than previously during the pandemic. It is incredible that scientists were able to develop such an effective vaccine and so disheartening that so many people will not take it,” Kaye said. “I am seeing (and feeling) tremendous burnout among healthcare workers with this new surge in cases. “The last couple of weeks, I have seen a tremendous increase in the number of cases and hospitalizations, especially young, healthy pregnant women - all unvaccinated,” said Kaye, who herself was vaccinated during her second trimester of pregnancy and recently had her baby.
Madeline Kaye, an OB-GYN at Renaissance Women’s Group, has been spending a lot of time counseling and recommending the vaccine to her patients.
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