TONIGHT
TONIGHT AT 6... WE ASKED NAVICENT 4@ NEXT AT 6.... NUMBERS LIKE
THE NUMBER OF COVID-19
HOSPITALIZATIONS IS IMPO4@RTANT
FOR THE PUBLIC4@'S
UNDERSTANDIN. JUST AHEAD... MORE
COVID-19 STATS FROM SOME OF
CENTRAL GEORGIA'S
LARGEST
LARGEST 4@HOSPITAL
4@
PLUS.... @
PLUS.... THE GEORGIA 4@ DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT OF
YEAH
YEAH FRANK -- WE'VE BEEN ASKNG FOR GENERAL NUMBERS THAT HELP DEFINE THE COVID-19
SITUATION HERE... NOT FOR
INFORMATON IDENTIFYING4@
INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS. THOSE
STATS CAN HELP PEOPLE BETTER
UNDERSTAND THE FIGHT
HEALTHCARE WORKERS ARE
FACING... HOW BUSY THEIR
HOSPITALS ARE BECOMING... AND
HOW SERIOUS THE SITUATION IS4@
THERE 4@ AT LEAST HALF A
DOZEN CENTRAL GEORGIA
HOSPITALS ARE NOW REPORTING
THESE FACTS. NAVICENT...
IS NOT ONE OF NAVICENT...
IS THESE FACTS.REPORTING NOW
CENTRAL AT LEAST THE
SITUATION BECOMING... AND BUSY
THEIR WORKERS ARE THE FIGHT
PEOPLE BETTER CAN HELP
PATIENTS.INDIVIDUAL INFORMATON
HERE... NOT FOR SITUATION
HERE... NOT FOR INFORMATON
IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUAL
PATIENTS. THOSE STATS CAN
HELP PEOPLE BETTER UNDERSTAND
THE FIGHT HEALTHCARE WORKERS
ARE HEALTHCARE THE FIGHT
UNDERSTAND PEOPLE BETTER
UNDERSTAND THE FIGHT
HEALTHCARE WORKERS ARE
FACING... HOW BUSY THEIR
HOSPITALS ARE BECOMING... AND
HOW SERIOUS THE SITUATION IS
THERE AT LEAST HALF A
DOZEN CENTRAL GEORGIA
HOSPITALS ARE NOW REPORTING
THESE FACTS.REPORTING NOW
GEORGIA CENTRAL GEORGIA
HOSPITALS 4@ARE NOW REPORTING
THESE FACTS. NAVICENT...
IS NOT ONE OF
4@THEM. WHEN WE
THEM.NOT ONE OF
NAVICENT... IS THESE FACTS.
REPORTING NOW HOSPITALS ARE
GEORGIA CENTRAL 4@GEORGIA
HOSPITALS ARE NOW REPORTING
THESE FACTS. NAVICENT...
IS NOT ONE OF
THEM. WHEN WE FIRST ASKED FOR
COVID-19 STATS... LIKE HOW
MANY PEOPLE IN MEDICAL CENTER
NAVICENT HEALTH'S CARE HAD
TESTED POSITIVE AND HOW MANY
HAD BEEN HOSPITALIZED, THE
HEALTH SYSTEM 4@DECLINED, SAYIN
THE INFORMATION MIGHT BE USED
TO "STIGMATIZE" PATIEN4@TS
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DALE
WASHBURN SAYS A GROUP OF
LEGISLATORS GOT A SIMILAR
RESPONSE WHEN THEY MADE THEIR
OWN REQUESTTHAT WAS PUZZLING
TO ME SOMEWHAT BECAUSE NO ONE
WAS ASKING FOR NAMES OF
4@PATIENTS, WE WERE JUS4@T ASKI
FOR THE 4@NUMBERS OF PATIENTS
SINCE OUR FIRST RE4@QUEST, VIC
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE HAS ASKED
ALL OF THE NATION'S HOSPITALS
TO GIVE DAILY 4@REPORTS TO THE
CDC ON THEIR NUMBER OF
CONFIRMED AND SUSPECTED
COVID-19 CASES... AND ON HOW
MANY BEDS AND VENTILIATORS ARE
AVAILABLEWE REMIND EVERY
GOVERNOR AND EVERY LABORATORY
AND HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY IT
IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU
CONTINUE TO REPORT DAILY TO
THE CDC THE RESULTS OF THOSE
TESTS WE ASKED NAVICENT TO
SHARE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION
WITH THE PUBLIC AS WELL... AND
INVITED THEM FOR AN ON-CAMERA
INTERVIEW AGAIN, NAVICENT
DECLINED. THEIR PUBLIC
RELATIONS MANAGER, MEGAN
ALLEN, RESPONDED BY EMAIL,
SAYING "NAVICENT HEALTH IS
4@
ALLEN, RESPONDED BY EMAIL, SAYING "NAVICENT HEALTH IS REPORTING THIS DATA TO THE
APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES,
THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS,
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE VICE
PRESIDENT'S REQUEST." SOME
OTHER CENTRAL GEORGIA
HOSPITALS, INCLUDING 4@DODGE
COUNTY HOSPITAL, HOUSTON
MEDICAL CENTER, PERRY
HOSPITAL, COLISEUM HEALTH
SYSTEM, CRISP REGIONAL, AND
FAIRVIEW PARK ARE ALREADY
RELEASING SOME OR ALL OF THIS
DATA TO THE PUBLIC. STATE
REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT DICKEY
SAYS HE'S GENERALLY HAPPY WITH
HOW NAVICENT HAS HANDLED
COVID-19... BUT DOESN'T
UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WON'T
RELEASE THOSE FACTS.4@I THINK I
THE REST OF THEM ARE SHARING
IT AND DON'T SEE ANY MAJOR
ISSUES WITH IT, I DON'T KNOW
WHY NAVICENT SHOULDN'T BE
DOING THAT AS
WELL MEGAN ALLEN MEGAN
ALLEN SAID IN ANOTHER EMAIL
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
HEALTH WOULD BE POSTING
HOSPITAL-SPECIFIC DATA
HOSPITAL-POSTING WOULD BE
PUBLIC HEALTH DE4@PARTMENT OF
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
HEALTH WOULD BE 4@PO4@STING
HOSPITAL-SPEC4@IFIC DATA ONLINE
IN THE COMING DAYS... BUT SO
FAR THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED4@
AND THE NORTH CENTRAL HEALTH
DISTRICT SAYS THEY'RE NOT
AWARE OF ANY CHANGE TO THE
PUBLIC REPORTING PROCEDURE...
ALTHOU4@GH THEY NOTED SOMETIMES
THOSE CHANGES ARE MADE AT
STATE HEADQUARTERS, WITHOUT
NOTIFYING DISTRICT OFFICES
THANKS
THANKS ZACH THE 4@DEPARTMEN OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS, STATEWIDE, ABOUT 20 PERCENT OF
4@
OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS, STATEWIDE, ABOUT 20 PERCENT OF PEOPLE WITH CONFIRMED CASES
HAVE BEEN
HOSPITALIZED