St. Agnes Hospital Will Require Employees To Be Vaccinated

BALTIMORE  (WJZ) — St. Agnes Hospital volition necessitate its employees to get covid-19 vaccinations.

According to a connection from Ascension, who operates the hospital, each employees volition beryllium required to beryllium vaccinated by Nov. 12, 2021 “whether oregon not they supply nonstop diligent care, and whether they enactment successful our sites of attraction oregon remotely.”

READ MORE: COVID-19 In Maryland: More Than 500 New Cases Reported For Second Consecutive Day

“This includes associates employed by subsidiaries and partners; physicians and precocious signifier providers, whether employed oregon independent; and volunteers and vendors entering Ascension facilities,” a connection reads.

Read the afloat connection below:

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues and caller variants of the microorganism emerge, Ascension continues to absorption connected ensuring our associates are protected – for the information of patients and visitors, our associates, our families and loved ones, and the community.

Like galore wellness systems crossed the country, including successful galore of our markets, we are moving to necessitate our associates to beryllium vaccinated against COVID-19. Ascension conducted a thorough motivation and ethical investigation arsenic portion of the decision-making process. This determination is rooted successful our Mission committedness to starring with prime and safety. As a healthcare supplier and arsenic a Catholic ministry, ensuring we person a civilization of information for our associates, patients and communities is foundational to our work.

Tens of thousands of Ascension associates person already been vaccinated with the disposable vaccines, arsenic person millions of radical crossed the state and the world. But we indispensable bash much to flooded this pandemic arsenic we supply harmless environments for those we serve.

Ascension volition necessitate that each associates beryllium vaccinated against COVID-19, whether oregon not they supply nonstop diligent care, and whether they enactment successful our sites of attraction oregon remotely. This includes associates employed by subsidiaries and partners; physicians and precocious signifier providers, whether employed oregon independent; and volunteers and vendors entering Ascension facilities.

Our timeline for completing the vaccine bid and gathering this request volition beryllium Nov. 12, 2021. This timing is aligned with Ascension’s yearly influenza vaccination request and we volition travel a akin implementation process. In those instances erstwhile idiosyncratic whitethorn not beryllium capable to get vaccinated owed to a aesculapian information oregon powerfully held spiritual belief, Ascension volition supply a process for requesting an exemption akin to the process we usage for the yearly influenza vaccine. In addition, this request volition beryllium implemented successful accordance with corporate bargaining agreements reached betwixt Ascension concern entities and unions representing our associates.

Together, we volition enactment this pandemic down america truthful that we tin proceed to absorption connected gathering the needs of those who travel to america for care.

CBS Baltimore Staff