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Residents 65 and older in Webster County will begin receiving COVID-19 vaccinations today, according to a press release from UnityPoint Health Trinity Regional Medical Center.
Webster County Department of Public Health notified the Fort Dodge hospital that it may begin to vaccinate community members, using vaccines that were not utilized for Phase 1A (health care workers).
UnityPoint Health will begin vaccinating priority populations 65 years and older, starting today, using this remaining supply from Phase 1A.
The hospital will notify patients via phone, direct mail and/or through MyUnityPoint, its online patient portal, when vaccine is available for them to schedule an appointment.
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A man suffered serious burns when his improvised dwelling in a wooded area of Fort Dodge caught fire early Wednesday morning.
”He was lucky to escape out of there,” Fire Chief Steve Hergenreter said.
The man was initially treated at UnityPoint Health Trinity Regional Medical Center. He was then taken to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Hergenreter said he was suffering from very serious burns on his upper body.
He said the man had been living in a ”tent-like structure” made of wood and other materials that was in the woods between Mason Memorial Drive and Kenyon Road. The man had a campfire burning and the flames spread to that structure while he was inside, according to Hergenreter.
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Lylah Hill, a third-grader in Katelyn Jacobsen’s class at Feelhaver Elementary School, crafts a pop-up holiday card to give to local medical workers to thank them for their extra hard work during the COVID-19 pandemic. The class worked on making the cards during Thursday morning. -Messenger photo by Kelby Wingert
Feelhaver Elementary School third-grader Taeva Clayton finds the perfect crayon to use to make a holiday card for local medical workers on Thursday morning. -Messenger photo by Kelby Wingert
Feelhaver Elementary School third-grader Ayden Hickman writes a holiday message in a card for local hospital workers on Thursday morning.
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Jeff Lachelt, Trinity Inpatient Pharmacy Manager, shows the ultra-cold storage unit at UnityPoint Health – Trinity Regional Medical Center. The COVID-19 vaccines will be stored in there when they arrive sometime next week. Â
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Jeff Lachelt, Trinity Inpatient Pharmacy Manager, shows the ultra-cold storage unit at UnityPoint Health - Trinity Regional Medical Center. The COVID-19 vaccines will be stored in there when they arrive sometime next week. Â
Health care workers in Webster County could receive COVID-19 vaccinations as early as next week, according to a local physician.
Dr. Mike Willerth, chief medical officer at UnityPoint Health Fort Dodge, said hospital leaders have been working closely with state and local public health departments in regards to the vaccine.
David McCollum, 66, of Fort Dodge died on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at Trinity Regional Medical Center. Services will be held 1pm Friday, December 18, 2020 at G