FAIRMONT — The closure of Fairmont Regional Medical Center was a surprise to many, but some saw its closure inevitable and worked to bring it back before it was ever
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Mayor Tom Mainella presents City Clerk Janet Keller with a proclamation at Tuesday s council meeting ahead of city clerk s week May 2-8. Photo by Sarah Marino
FAIRMONT â Members of Fairmont City Council are now up-to-date on a new hospital being built at Middletown Commons.
President and CEO of Mon Health David Goldberg told council members Tuesday that Marion Neighborhood Hospital is on target to open by Christmas at the former shopping mall. At a cost of $15 million, the hospital will have eight private emergency rooms and 10 patient beds.
âWhatâs important about it is itâs a full service medical hospital. ER patients now have another choice close to the interstate so they donât have to go all the way down south to Bridgeport, Clarksburg or Morgantown,â said Goldberg.
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FAIRMONT â Shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday the administrator of the Marion County Health Department became the countyâs first recipient of the new COVID-19 vaccination.
Lloyd White said he understands that people may be fearful of getting the injection because of the expedited rate at which the vaccine was developed and distributed, so he wanted to show that it is safe.
âI wanted to demonstrate to the public that this is what we have preached, and now we have delivered,â White said. âItâs an [intramuscular] injection, and it is just like any vaccination. If you have gotten a flu shot before, or any kind of injection into the muscular area, no different.â