One year with COVID: Maineâs hospitals at center of stateâs COVID-19 vaccination efforts Share Updated: 11:08 AM EST Mar 10, 2021 Share Updated: 11:08 AM EST Mar 10, 2021
TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 11:08 AM EST Mar 10, 2021 Since Maine began vaccinating residents in mid-December, the stateâs hospital groups have been at the center of the vaccination efforts.Itâs been a big shift after months of focusing on caring for patients infected with the virus.âIn the beginning, we were just talking about people that get admitted to hospitals, and it wasn t much that we could do for them and we just slowly watched people die,â said Dr. James Jarvis of Northern Light Health.Jarvis said the vaccines have been a turning point for front-line workers.On Dec. 15, the first health care workers began to receive the vaccine, including Maine Medical Center ICU nurse Danielle Poulin.âItâs exciting. It s the b