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Baptist Health Corbin is overwhelmed right now due to the latest COVID-19 surge, and it has temporarily closed its surgery department and stopped patient visitation. Sherrie Mays, vice president and chief nursing officer for Baptist Health Corbin, was one of the speakers during...

Baptist Health Corbin is now restricting visitation and not allowing any visitors at this time for most patients at the hospital. There will be limited exceptions. The change went into effect on today, Aug. 29. “We have seen a significant increase in the COVID positivity rate in...

Baptist Health Corbin is one of several locations now offering a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine 28 days after individuals receive their second dose as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). COVID-19 third dose vaccines are now being scheduled and...

Twenty-eight members of the physician leadership at Baptist Health Corbin and St. Joseph London signed a letter Friday urging members of the community to aid in the fight against COVID–19 by getting vaccinated and wearing masks correctly when indoors in public spaces. Dr. David...

Baptist Health employees can expect to see a pay increase reflected on their paychecks beginning Oct. 1. Baptist Health announced general increases for all staff and raised its minimum starting hourly wage to $15 per hour for all full-time, part-time and temporary workers at its...

Baptist Health Corbin employees now have a deadline for when they will be required to have a COVID-19 vaccine. In a press release, the hospital stated employees will be required to by vaccinated by Oct. 31. Baptist Health  joins other hospitals and health systems in Kentucky and...

Baptist Health, the parent organization of Baptist Health Corbin, announced Tuesday that it is now requiring all of its employees to be vaccinated against COVID–19. Officials noted that between 65 and 70 percent of the group’s nearly 23,000 employees have already been vaccinated,...

Beginning July 28, Baptist Health Corbin is restricting visitation to safeguard patients and staff. In a press release, the hospital announced that it will allow only one visitor per patient. “We have seen a significant increase in the COVID positivity rate in our area. We are...

Baptist Health Corbin will be offering the opportunity to catch the COVID–19 vaccine and a ballgame Saturday afternoon. The hospital has partnered with the Whitley County Health Department to offer the Pfizer vaccine from 1 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. at the Corbin High School baseball...

Individuals interested in receiving the COVID–19 vaccination, may now do so on a walk-in basis at the Baptist Health Corbin COVID–19 vaccine clinic. “You can still make an appointment if you want to,” said Debbie Hardin, Strategic Services Manager at the hospital. The Corbin...