ELLWOOD CITY – The search for local shots is over.
On Saturday, UPMC Jameson will walk 500 first doses of the Pfizer vaccine right into the Lincoln High School large gym, and, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., offer the shots to any area residents that want them.
The push for the vaccine clinic came from Ellwood City Fire Chief Rick Myers, who contacted leaders at UPMC Jameson about delivering vaccines to places where people live and work, especially locations like Ellwood City that lack easy access to a medical center. Before the fire chief reached out to us, we had had some internal discussions about expanding our clinics to the Ellwood City area, so it made it a pretty easy decision when he approached us, said Ron Barnes, coordinator of pharmacy compliance at UPMC Jameson and UPMC Horizon. We were eager to partner with them as well, and they certainly are an under-resourced area now that they have no hospital locally there.
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