“I saw her bouncing down the hallway in the suit and it made me smile,” the nurse said. The nurse said she harbors no ill will towards the co-worker.
“We were all working and so it’s really traumatic for us to see our coworker really bear this responsibility. on Christmas Day to cheer up her co-workers. The hospital is investigating whether or not the costume’s fan spread the disease through airborne respiratory droplets exhaled by a person infected with the virus.Ī nurse in the emergency department, who wished to remain anonymous, told the Mercury News that her co-worker dressed in the costume and walked through the department for about 10 to 15 minutes between 9 and 10 a.m. If anything, this should serve as a very real reminder that the virus is widespread, and often without symptoms, and we must all be vigilant,” Chavez said in a statement. “The individual had no COVID symptoms and only sought to lift the spirits of those around them during what is a very stressful time. Officials with Kaiser Permanente said any exposures would have been accidental. The employee had been working on Christmas Day, when another employee came into the emergency room wearing the air-powered costume. We are providing support to our employees during this difficult time.” Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by this terrible loss. “Out of respect for patient privacy and the family, we have no additional information to provide. 25 has passed away as a result of COVID-19 complications,” the company said in a statement. “An employee working in the Emergency Department at San Jose Medical Center on Dec. 1, Irene Chavez, senior vice president for the medical center said. () – An inflatable Christmas tree costume intended to cheer up patients and healthcare workers at a California hospital instead led to a COVID-19 outbreak that infected 44 staff members, killing one.Įmployees of Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center Emergency Department tested positive for the coronavirus between Dec. The facility will be one out of eight in the state.San Jose, Cal. The Santa Clara Convention Center will serve as a federal medical facility for non-COVID-19 patients.
Santa Clara County has been hit hard with COVID-19 cases and deaths in the Bay Area, in an effort to prevent overwhelming hospitals. We are grateful to our physicians, nurses, and staff for the excellent care they are providing to all our patients, including those with COVID-19. Given that it is located in a COVID-19 hotspot, and that we count so many South Bay residents as our members, it should not be surprising that we would care for a significant number of our patients in our San Jose hospital. However, the percentage of patients at our San Jose hospital is currently lower than this report from last week. The number of patients in our hospitals suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19 changes daily and we do not provide daily figures. The hospital does not provide daily figures but says the percentage of patients in San Jose has dropped: In a statement from Kaiser Permanente San Jose, senior vice president and area manager Irene Chavez says the number of suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients changes daily.
Parodi says the highest reported cases at Kaiser Permanente have been in Washington state and Northern California, the hot spots of the outbreak. Because to provide the care to these patients requires resource intensive personnel,” Parodi said.ĭr. “So we’ve literally had to revamp the hospital to make sure that we’ve got enough capacity from a personnel standpoint. Stephen Parodi, executive vice president of Kaiser Permanente, tells the Journal of the American Medical Association about the influx of coronavirus patients in San Jose. “Our San Jose facility in California actually has almost half of the hospital filled with either COVID confirmed or persons under investigation,” Dr. ( KRON) – The South Bay has been hit the hardest with the coronavirus outbreak and a Kaiser Permanente executive is speaking out about one hospital particularly stressed in San Jose. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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