Area HCA hospitals overjoyed with vaccine rollout
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Jeanna Bamburg, CEO of HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast (center, in scrubs) and Pastor Jim Feirtag of Parkgate Community Church bless the Pfizer vaccines that arrived at the hospital campus on Thursday. HCA hospitals began vaccinating their 22,000 employees early Friday morning and will continue around the clock until all employees have been vaccinated.HCA Healthcare / SubmittedShow MoreShow Less
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Kevin Han receives his first round dosage of the Pfizer vaccine from Nurse S Noble. Vaccinations across HCA Healthcare hospitals began early Friday morning and will continue round the clock until all 22,000 staff members are finished.HCA Healthcare / SubmittedShow MoreShow Less
These Houston-area hospitals will be first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine
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Moderna trial participant awaits the shot of new COVID-19 vaccine in Houston s Baylor study.Marie D. De Jesús, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
After nine months of waiting, Houston-area hospitals are preparing for their first shipment of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine.
The first round of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine are now slated to go out on Dec. 14, according to the Texas Department of Health Services. Across the Lone Star State, there will be 224,250 doses shipped to 109 Texas hospitals in 34 counties, according to DSHS. We could get a supply of vaccine for administration within a day or two of FDA s emergency use approval. We could possibly have a supply as early as next Monday, Memorial Hermann Health System s CEO Dr. David Callender told Chron. Callender added that Houston s Memorial Hermann Health System was promised 16,575 doses of the vaccine by the state of Texas.