Dec 14, 2020
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The first COVID-19 vaccine doses have arrived in Oregon.
Legacy Health is the first registered COVID-19 vaccine provider in the state to receive the vaccine, made by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE. The health system’s Holladay Park site in Portland and Meridian Park site in Tualatin each took delivery of one package of 975 doses today at around 7 a.m.
Additional doses are expected at three other locations in Oregon on Tuesday: Oregon Health & Science University Pharmacy, Kaiser Permanente’s Airport Way Center in Portland, and St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Ontario also are each expected to receive 975-dose packages of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The remaining 30,225 Pfizer vaccine doses from this week’s allocation of 35,100 dose for Oregon will arrive at hospitals throughout the rest of the week, with 10,725 doses going to skilled nursing facilities for vaccinations that start next week.
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To give that a little perspective, a typical nursing unit is about 24 patients, Farnham said. So, we ve actually seen an increase in the course of one day, of an entire nursing unit here at Providence Portland Medical Center, she said.
Hospitals working to manage capacity
Hultberg, who works closely with hospitals throughout the state, said hospitals can handle the number of patients they have now, but they are watching the growing numbers closely. We have been very concerned about the rate of growth. That growth trajectory needs to change or we will be in a state of crisis, she said.