Transfer of patients stopped, restraining order filed against Chosen Healthcare

Transfer of patients stopped, restraining order filed against Chosen Healthcare

Officials officials have stopped plans to move non-covid-19 patients from a facility with positive cases ..

To our area.

It's a story we've been following for you all day.

News 10 bureau chief gary brian tells explains what has happened.

Pk} "chosen healthcare had picked it's vincennes facilitiy to move non-covid-19 residents into.

The plan had concerned many city leaders here in vincennes.

That move has now been stopped."

Chosen healthcare runs willow manor nursing home.

The plan had been to move thirteen residents from new albany indiana to willow manor.

Those residents have not tested positive for covid-19.

However the new albany facility has positive cases.

Knox county health officer dr. alan stewart says the main concern comes down to contamination.

Right now covid-19 testing has a 30% false negative.

He says that meant those patients who are negative could show positive in days.

The health department spoke with folks in new albany and chosen healthcare this afternoon.

That's when the decision was made to stop the transfer of 13 residents.

"we are practicing population medicine.

In other words i only have on paitent at this time.

My patient is knox county.

And we need to protect that from any possible, as many possible covid infections as we can."

Now today one of the positive covid -19 paitents here in the county has recovered and has been released from quarentine.

Working from home in vincennes, gary brian news 10."