DAILY: What was it like getting the COVID-19 vaccine? (podcast)
Last week Dr. Gregory Heeb from Newark-Wayne Community Hospital became one of the first in the region to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. That vaccine, while politicized throughout the pandemic, is viewed as one of the few instruments that can get the U.S. population to the other side of the pandemic. At this point, frontline healthcare workers and nursing home residents and staff have received the vaccine. In the coming weeks, more New Yorkers will be eligible to get vaccinated. Today on the podcast, a conversation with Dr. Heeb on his experience with receiving the first dosage.
NEWARK â As the chairman of medicine for Newark-Wayne Community Hospital, Dr. Gregory Heeb is fairly high up on the hospitalâs proverbial ladder.
So when he was given a chance to be the first Newark-Wayne employee to get a COVID-19 vaccine, he embraced the opportunity.
âIâve been here a long time, and even though Iâm chair of the department I do a lot of clinical work in the intensive care unit and COVID area. Thatâs why I think I was number one,â Heeb said Tuesday, about an hour after getting the Pfizer vaccine. âPart of this job is leadership, and that means leading the way. I was happy to do it.â
Newark-Wayne Hospital doctors get COVID-19 vaccine
Local doctors are embracing the COVID-19 vaccine.
Dr. Gregory Heeb, chairman of medicine at Newark-Wayne Community Hospital was the first to receive the vaccine.
It’s part of regional and state leader’s efforts to lead by example in getting vaccinated.
“I’ve been here a long time, and even though I’m chair of the department I do a lot of clinical work in the intensive care unit and COVID area. That’s why I think I was number one,” Heeb told the Finger Lakes Times. “Part of this job is leadership, and that means leading the way. I was happy to do it.”