âWeâve all been waiting for this time to comeâ: Cape Fear area hospitals prepare for roll out of COVID vaccine Healthcare workers receive first vaccines today By Emily Featherston | December 14, 2020 at 2:54 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 7:44 PM BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - While they arenât dropping their guard, staff members at Novant Healthâs Brunswick Medical Center are feeling hopeful as they wait for the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to arrive. âOur health care workers have been hard at this almost 10 months now, at the bedside, worried that they may catch it...take it home to their family,â said Shelbourn Stevens, the hospitalâs president and chief operating officer. âWeâve all been waiting for this time to come for something to get us a light at the end of the tunnel.â