Providence St. Patrick Hospital begins COVID-19 vaccinations for frontline caregivers
and last updated 2020-12-17 20:44:20-05
MISSOULA â Providence St. Patrick Hospital began vaccinating caregivers considered âhigh-riskâ due to work related exposure on Thursday afternoon.
The first batch of Pfizer vaccinations was given to healthcare providers, nurses, environmental services workers, respiratory therapists, pharmacists and others that come into close contact with COVID patients.
âThis is a step toward protecting myself from the virus and spreading it to my family or community,â said emergency physician Daniel Pierce. âThis pandemic has been devastating, and now I am hopeful that we will see the end of this sooner.â
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