Montrose Memorial Hospital Environmental Services Technician Veronica Ramirez, left, receives the COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Tamara Anderson, while Dr. Alexis Garza receives one from Danny Barela, paramedic and emergency department technician, on Tuesday. (Submitted photo/Montrose County)
Montrose County received its first shipments of vaccine for COVID-19, which began being administered Tuesday to frontline health care workers at Montrose Memorial Hospital.
âI feel honored to be a part of a hospital system and a county that works so well together to implement this process,â said Dr. Alexis Garza, who, with MMH Environmental Services Technician Veronica Ramirez, was the first to receive the vaccine.