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Health care workers detail struggles of PPE scarcity during pandemic: People were getting sick more and more
Almost a year into the coronavirus pandemic, some frontline health care workers are still experiencing shortages of personal protective equipment, known as PPE.
Dr. Ann Victory worked at MidMichigan Medical Center - Alpena, the only hospital in Alpena, Michigan, which sits on Lake Huron s shores and has a population of just under 10,000 people. At night, it was just me and the ER doc. And anything that happened in the hospital I had to take care of. And I really liked that challenge, Victory told CBS News Anna Werner.
Midland County records 29 COVID-19 cases Thursday
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MidMichigan Medical Center-Alpena President Chuck Sherwin, second from right, and Regional Vice President of Medical Affairs Richard Bates, far right, on Thursday talk during one of the hospital’s vaccination clinics.
ALPENA An Alpena doctor has received national attention for his willingness to drive the COVID-19 vaccine nearly 150 miles from Midland to Alpena, highlighting the struggles of rural health care.
Richard Bates, a former OB-GYN and regional vice president of medical affairs at MidMichigan Medical Center-Alpena, has for weeks regularly traveled about 300 miles roundtrip in his pickup truck to bring the COVID-19 vaccine to Alpena from Midland.