Photo by Carol Leonetti Dannhauser
Keith J. DuPerry registers for his vaccination on the New Haven Green. The clinic was administered by Griffin Hospital.
During the darkest days of the pandemic, Griffin Hospital stepped up to reach many of Connecticut’s most neglected communities. Even as the hospital was losing millions of dollars a month, Griffin agreed to test nursing home residents and employees on-site, and later to administer vaccines.
When prisoners and guards fell through the cracks of care, Griffin came to the state Department of Correction’s aid. When the state Department of Public Health (DPH) struggled to bring vaccines to the most inaccessible — those with developmental needs and those struggling with addiction — Griffin seemingly overnight created and staffed a mobile health fleet 36-vehicles strong to do the job.
All the while, tripling its ICU capacity and continuing to treat the sickest patients at its 160-bed hospital in Derby.
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