History was made early Wednesday afternoon as 10 Baptist Health Madisonville employees were administered the first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
Employees in the Joseph Miller Auditorium at the hospital erupted into applause as Duana Camplin, a respiratory therapist with Baptist, was the first to receive the vaccine.
âToday, we are humbled, honored and we are excited to be one of 11 hospitals in the state of Kentucky â the first in western Kentucky â to receive the vaccination to fight COVID-19,â said Dr. Wayne Lipson, chief medical officer of Baptist Health Madisonville. âWe are here to start with our frontline workers, doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists that have been fighting this fight since late February and early March.â
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Officials at Baptist Health Corbin announced Tuesday that the Pfizer COVID–19 vaccine has arrived on site.
The hospital was one of 11 across Kentucky that Gov. Andy Beshear announced would be recipients of the initial shipment as part of the effort to immunize frontline healthcare workers.
The shipment contained 975 doses of the vaccine, which will be offered to the employees, with vaccinations to begin today “No one will be forced to take it,” said Debbie Hardin, Marketing Director at the hospital.
With 1,174 employees at the hospital, Hardin said frontline workers will have priority for the vaccine.
“We know the vaccine is vitally important to getting back to normal, and we are thankful to be a part of this effort to eradicate COVID-19,” said Anthony Powers, President of Baptist Health Corbin. “We stand ready to play a key role in this crucial initiative as we begin vaccinating our front-line health workers and our community as more supplies of vaccine become a