âThis is our Super Bowlâ: Atrium Health distributes first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses to frontline workers
First healthcare workers receive vaccine By WBTV Web Staff | December 14, 2020 at 10:06 AM EST - Updated December 14 at 10:53 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV/AP) - The first shipment of a COVID-19 vaccine was received by healthcare facilities in North Carolina.
A short time after Gov. Roy Cooper announced that the first COVID-19 vaccine doses arrived in North Carolina, Atrium Health in Charlotte posted that the vaccine arrived at the healthcare facility.
âThe vaccine has arrived at Atrium Health. We are excited to be among the 1st in the nation to receive the first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine,â Atrium Health tweeted. âThis is an exciting day as we enter a very hopeful phase in defeating this virus. Stay tuned for updates here.â
Nonprofit foundation in charge of $1.25B from NHRMC sale names 11-person board of directors By WECT Staff | December 14, 2020 at 3:37 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 8:37 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The nonprofit organization that will manage and invest $1.25 billion from the sale of New Hanover Regional Medical Center to Novant Health has announced its board of directors.
Back in October, the New Hanover County Commissioners voted to establish the nonprofit as a 501(c)(3) known as the New Hanover Community Endowment, Inc. The nonprofit has since been registered with the state and will seek tax exemption status with the Internal Revenue Service.
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
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