Your Health: News in the Polk medical community
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WATSON CLINIC
Kathleen Haggerty, M.D., a board-certified internal medicine specialist at Watson Clinic Main, 1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd. in Lakeland, has established a post-COVID clinic to address the lingering symptoms faced by many patients in the aftermath of their infection. Ongoing research has shown that these prolonged side effects often include fatigue, dizziness, chest heaviness, brain fog, malaise, poor concentration and nausea. 863-680-7190, www.WatsonClinic.com/Haggerty.
BAYCARE MEDICAL GROUP
Misty Holland was named vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer for the Polk region, which encompasses Bartow Regional Medical Center, Winter Haven Hospital and Winter Haven Women’s Hospital. Holland joined BayCare in September 2017 as the director of patient care at BRMC. In recent months, she filled that same role at Winter Haven Women’s Hospital. Holland received a Bachelor of Science degr
LAKELAND It will be next week before the public begins receiving COVID-19 vaccinations in Polk County, and those shots will only be offered in some communities.
Dr. Joy Jackson, director of the Polk County Health Department, said Wednesday that her agency has not yet received nearly enough doses of vaccine to begin scheduling injections for local residents. Jackson said she has not received an indication from the state on which additional doses will arrive.
“We will be assisting with some vaccinations of front-line health care providers, but the bottom line is the quantity of vaccine we received is nowhere near what we’re ultimately going to need,” she said.
LAKELAND Nurses and other front-line workers at Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center got their first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday morning as numbers of local infections remained high.
Hospital employees at the highest risk of exposure from patients with COVID-19 received injections of the vaccine developed by Moderna. They will need booster shots in about four weeks for the vaccine to be fully effective.
Lakeland Regional Health is not requiring workers to be inoculated against the viral illness, but executives are urging employees to receive the vaccinations.
“We highly encourage our team members to consider receiving this promising vaccine,” Dr. Timothy J. Regan, the hospital’s president and chief medical officer of Lakeland Regional Health, said in a news release. “As an emergency medicine physician, I just received my vaccination and have full confidence in the science behind these vaccines. This is an important next step in keeping our team, patients, the
UpdatedWed, Jan 6, 2021 at 12:50 am ET
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(BayCare Health System)
TAMPA, FL BayCare began vaccinating frontline staff with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine early Dec. 22. This second vaccine enhances efforts that began Dec. 17 to ensure that the health care system s team members most at-risk for exposure get the protection they need. The vaccine is a gift we can give to our team members and providers this holiday week, said Michael Magee, chief pharmacy officer. In a season of hope, our caregivers are getting another layer of protection against this virus, which is great news for our team, their families and all we serve.
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Local hospitals receive Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
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TAMPA, Fla. â Another round of COVID-19 vaccines are on their way to Florida hospitals, this time from Moderna.
It was the second vaccine to gain emergency use authorization from the FDA.
âThis is a time of year where people really want to be infused with hope and this vaccine is helping with that,â said Michael Magee, chief pharmacy officer for BayCare Health System.
He said they received several thousand doses of the vaccine Monday and expected more throughout the week.