JANESVILLE
A round of applause broke out after the first health care worker at Mercyhealth Hospital and Trauma Center, Janesville, received his COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday.
A long-awaited moment arrived for hundreds of health care workers as vaccines began being administered at about 2:30 p.m.
The line for people waiting to get the vaccine snaked down and around a long hallway. By 4 p.m., 184 employees had been vaccinated, according to a news release.
Imdad Ahmed, an electrophysiologist, was the first to get the vaccine in Janesville. And while the event was historic and much anticipated, it took only a few seconds before he could continue on his day.
Photo courtesy Mercyhealth
JANESVILLE, Wis. Mercyhealth started vaccinating its frontline workers Tuesday afternoon, just hours after receiving its first shipment of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.
The Janesville-based health care provider received 1,950 doses of Pfizer’s vaccine, 375 of which were delivered to Mercyhealth Hospital and Medical Center-Walworth.
Nursing teams began vaccinating employees at 2:30 p.m. and plan to continue administering vaccines for the next few days, according to a news release. As of 8 p.m., 478 employees had been vaccinated, according to a team spokesperson.
Dr. Imdad Ahmed, an electrophysiologist at Mercyhealth, was the first one to get vaccinated at the hospital.