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WVU Medicine Camden Clarkâs Emergency Department Director Brian Richardson received the first COVID-19 vaccine shot in Parkersburg by health manager Elizabeth Bennett on Tuesday morning.(Photo Provided)
The first batch of COVID-19 vaccine shots in Parkersburg were given out at WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center on Tuesday.
Issued out at 6 a.m., the first two to receive the shots were the hospital’s Emergency Department Director Brian Richardson and David Gnegy, President of Parkersburg Cardiology Associates.
Seeing positive cases in Wood County and the Mid-Ohio Valley on the rise in the last month. Richardson, believing that a vaccine will help prevent the spread of the virus, volunteered as one of the first to receive the vaccine shot.
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PARKERSBURG Both the WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center and Marietta Memorial Hospital are continuing to see an increase in COVID-19 cases as numbers continue to rise nationwide, officials said.
“(Camden Clark) is not currently at capacity and reports 53 hospitalized COVID-19 positive patients as of Dec. 9,” said MarJean Kennedy, vice president Marketing Development, and Strategic Initiatives. “The organization continues to manage patient flow following its surge plan to continuously maximize the capability to handle an increase in patient census, critical care demands, ventilator requirements and workforce challenges.
“Additionally, we continue to increase our dedicated COVID unit capacity as we expect these volumes to continue increasing over the next few weeks. We are making decisions daily to balance access, staffing, and safety for all patients requiring care,” she said.