Greenwood Leflore Hospital issued the following announcement on Mar. 13.
Today Greenwood Leflore Hospital has one presumptive positive case of COVID-19, otherwise known as Coronavirus. The patient had no history of travels, but had been in contact with those who travelled from an area of transmission. The patient tested positive for COVID-19 given continued presence of symptoms.
The hospital is working closely with and following strictly the guidelines set by the Mississippi State Department of Health. We are taking all the precautionary measures to ensure that all staff who had contact with the patient have been processed following the protocols of quarantine, monitoring and observation. At this point, all staff who have had contact with the patient have no symptoms.
We assure you that we are equipped to handle and contain such cases and will continue to take all necessary measures of precaution to ensure the health and safety of our patients, our staff and our community.
We are setting up screening centers on Saturday, March 14 from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. and Sunday, March 15 from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. for people of concern who have acute illness and/or meet the criteria for COVID-19. Children age 12 and under will be seen in the parking lot of the Greenwood Children’s Clinic, located at 1405 Strong Avenue. Adults and children above age 13 will be seen at Magnolia Medical Clinic, located at 1413 Strong Avenue. Those who will be seen include people who have the symptoms of fever, coughing, fatigue and difficulty breathing, and have been in close contact with a person known to have COVID-19, or have recently traveled from an area with widespread or ongoing community spread of COVID-19.
The hospital’s infection preventionists and safety officers recommend proper hand hygiene and keeping hands away from the face. Wash hands with warm soapy water and lather and scrub hands together for 20 seconds. When soap and water are not available, use hand sanitizers containing 60% alcohol. Many household disinfectants indicate they protect against Coronavirus.
As a further temporary measure to properly protect those around us, the hospital is restricting the number of visitors to one person per patient at the hospital and in clinic waiting areas in the hospital network.
For more information, please contact the Mississippi State Department of Health’s COVID-19 Hotline at 877-978-6453 or visit https://msdh.ms.gov/.
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