In Nashville, Tennessee, nurses and doctors hoped to motivate others by rolling up their sleeves first. There s a lot of misinformation going on and people are just scared, said Salomey Agyemang, a registered nurse at Southern Hills Medical Center. I want to be one of the first people to do it so I can pass on that comfort to someone else so that they will also be encouraged to go for it.
Tennessee has one of the highest daily case averages in the United States, so the vaccine could not have come at a more dire time. This is a historic moment for all of us, said Prakash Patel, chief medical officer at Nashville s TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center. I believe it s the beginning of the end of the pandemic. We ve been struggling since March and this will make a big difference.
What it s like to get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to some of the first healthcare workers to receive it Samara Abramson, Shelby Livingston, Amelia Kosciulek Healthcare workers in Nashville, Tennessee, were some of the first to receive Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine. The workers hope that getting the vaccine will motivate others to get it when it becomes more widely available. Nashville has one of the highest COVID-19 case rates in the country.
In Nashville, Tennessee, nurses and doctors hoped to motivate others by rolling up their sleeves first. There s a lot of misinformation going on and people are just scared, said Salomey Agyemang, a registered nurse at Southern Hills Medical Centre. I want to be one of the first people to do it so I can pass on that comfort to someone else so that they will also be encouraged to go for it.
» Our first glimmer of hope : Healthcare workers reflect on a devastating year and a brighter future as they get the first COVID-19 shots Our first glimmer of hope : Healthcare workers reflect on a devastating year and a brighter future as they get the first COVID-19 shots
Shelby LivingstonDec 19, 2020, 20:29 IST
Dr. Prakash Patel, a pulmonologist at Tristar StoneCrest Medical Center, takes a selfie with a nurse after getting his COVID-19 vaccine.Rob Lindsay
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healthcare workers from seven of TriStar Health s hospitals in middle Tennessee received some of the first COVID-19 vaccines in the state on Thursday.
Healthcare workers who got shots said they were excited, relieved, and hopeful that the availability of COVID-19 vaccines spelled the end of the pandemic.
Rob Lindsay
Frontline healthcare workers from seven of TriStar Health s hospitals in middle Tennessee received some of the first COVID-19 vaccines in the state on Thursday.
Healthcare workers who got shots said they were excited, relieved, and hopeful that the availability of COVID-19 vaccines spelled the end of the pandemic.
TriStar, which is part of big hospital chain HCA Healthcare, received 2,925 doses of the Pfizer vaccine on Thursday and gave out 550 doses.
Hundreds of frontline nurses, doctors, and other healthcare workers from Tennessee health system TriStar Health filed into an HCA Healthcare building in Nashville on Thursday to receive some of the first COVID-19 shots.
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