Mad River Community Hospital We have had questions about our Vaccine Clinic as the severe weather conditions have caused other clinics supply issues causing cancellation. We have a Vaccine Clinic this Saturday, Feb. 20 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. for MRCH patients needing their second dose of Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as well…
Supply uncertainty plagues vaccine rollout
Daniel Mintz Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – Humboldt County supervisors have described an atmosphere of anger, fear and panic as vaccination rollout lurches due to supply issues. Uncertainty and confusion over which groups of county residents and workers are eligible for vaccinations and when was discussed as the county’s Board of Supervisors fielded a January…
Scenes from a mass MRCH vax-fest at Pacific Union School
Mad River Community Hospital has release these photos from its from Saturday, Jan. 23 Covid Vaccine Clinic at Pacific Union Middle School for MRCH Clinic patients 75 years and older. Subscribe to the Mad River Union and enjoy online access to the full print edition for just $40/year! …
Vaccine arrives as infections, deaths spike
Daniel Mintz Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – Last week saw 156 more COVID-19 cases and five more deaths in the county as well as what’s said to be the means of quelling the coronavirus pandemic – vaccine doses. Deployment of the county’s initial share of 975 doses began last week, with health care workers and…
MRCH rushes COVID vax to hundreds of frontliners
Mad River Community Hospital ARCATA – It has been nothing short of an extraordinary effort of cooperation between Mad River Community Hospital (MRCH) and multiple agencies in Humboldt County to administer over 300 vaccines to Hospital Tier 1A staff, with an additional 250-plus vaccines to 13 front line agencies staff to date. “This has been…
300 Mad River Hospital workers vaccinated
There have also been vaccines administered to Phase 1A-tier 1 staff from other local health care facilities, including staff who will be tasked with administering vaccines to other health care workers.
As COVID-19 advances, MRCH fortifies, innovates
Floyd urged those with unrelated medical conditions not to be afraid to come to the hospital for routine care such as coloscopies and breast health screenings. “Don’t put things off,” she said. “Hospitals are safe places to be.”
Mad River Community Hospital and first responders honored
Hospital employees from all departments came out as they could to enjoy the excitement and gratitude. Appreciation for their special “Thank you” was the sentiment felt by the employees.
MRCH takes down triage tent, opens new surgical suite
Mad River Community Hospital reopening elective services with NEW Surgical Suite Integrative Surgical Specialists, Inc. now seeing Patients in the Shaw Medical Pavilion Arcata, CA (May 14, 2020): When the COVID-19 outbreak began, routine healthcare appointments and procedures were cancelled or postponed. According to a report by the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science more…
Mad River Hospital furloughs employees after COVID-19 reduces patient load
Since the inception of Humboldt County’s Shelter in Place order, MRCH has experienced between 40 to 70 percent decreases in its emergency department, medical surgical department, imaging, laboratory, outpatient clinics and administrative support services.