NY Reveals Plan for Possible Health Care Personnel Shortage Due to Vaccination Mandate – Telemundo New York (47)

What you should know

• Gov. Hochul noted that she is willing to call on members of the National Guard and retirees with medical training to address possible staff shortages due to the upcoming vaccination mandate for healthcare workers.
• With just days to go before the deadline, many healthcare workers have yet to receive the required first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, leaving the possibility that thousands of employees in this industry will be forced to leave work. next week.
• “I am closely monitoring the staffing situation and we have a plan to increase our healthcare workforce and help ease the burden on our hospitals and other healthcare facilities,” the governor said Saturday.

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NEW YORK – New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Saturday that she is willing to call out-of-state National Guard members, retirees, and medically trained workers to address the potential staff shortages that the vaccination mandate for healthcare workers.

If necessary, Hochul said, he will declare a state of emergency through an executive order designed to address staff shortages in hospitals and nursing homes once the mandate takes effect on Monday.

With just days to go until the deadline, many healthcare workers have yet to receive the required first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, leaving the possibility of thousands of healthcare workers being forced to leave work. next week.

The order would allow health professionals licensed in other states or countries, recently graduated or previously practicing in this industry, to practice in New York, Hochul said, noting that it is exploring ways to streamline visa applications for professionals. doctors.

The governor said she also has the option of deploying members of the National Guard and partnering with the federal government to deploy Disaster Medical Assistance Teams.

“I am closely monitoring the staffing situation and we have a plan to increase our healthcare workforce and help ease the burden on our hospitals and other healthcare facilities,” the governor said in a statement.

Hospitals across New York have been preparing contingency plans that included cutting back on elective surgeries. Many nursing homes were limiting admissions.

“Right now we are approximately 84% vaccinated statewide, so any initiative the governor can promote to increase the workforce is welcome and necessary,” said Stephen Hanse, who represents nursing homes throughout the state as president of the New York State Health Facilities Association and the New York State Center for Assisted Living.

Hochul, a Democrat, has resisted calls to delay the term, and her last-minute announcement could increase pressure on vaccination refusals. He said workers fired because they refused to get vaccinated do not meet the criteria for unemployment insurance without a request for medical accommodation approved by a doctor.

According to the regulation issued by the State Department of Health, all health workers in the state of New York, in hospitals and nursing homes, must be vaccinated with the first dose against COVID-19 before Monday 27 of September, and staff in other covered entities, including home care, hospice, and adult care facilities by October 7. The regulation also applies to all contracted and out-of-state medical personnel practicing in New York State.

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