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As vaccines arrive in Maine, SMHC officials discuss COVID-19 impact
In general, patients are less likely to be as sick as those hospitalized in the first surge of coronavirus, they said.
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SMHC President Nate Howell and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Michael Albaum talked about COVID-19, the impact on patients and how the hospital is coping in a recent interview.
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BIDDEFORD Even as Southern Maine Health Care heralded the arrival of the hospital’s first doses of the Pfiizer coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday morning, SMHC officials are continuing to hone an action as the current spike in COVID-19 cases continues statewide. On Tuesday, Maine officials reported 411 new cases of COVID-19 statewide, along with six new deaths.
First doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered to Maine frontline health care workers
Kayla Mitchell, an RN in the COVID-19 ICU unit at Maine Medical Center in Portland, was the first to receive the Pfizer vaccine. Author: Gabrielle Mannino (NEWS CENTER Maine), Jackie Mundry (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 11:41 AM EST December 15, 2020 Updated: 6:58 PM EST December 15, 2020
PORTLAND, Maine A MaineHealth registered nurse became the first Mainer to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday at 9 a.m.
Kayla Mitchell, RN, BSN, is a nurse who treats COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit at Maine Medical Center. She is one of 150 MaineHealth caregivers who will be vaccinated Tuesday at Maine Medical Center in Portland and Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford.
Maine hospitals get their first COVID-19 vaccines and prepare to vaccinate front-line workers
Northern Light says it expects to administer the vaccine at two of its hospitals Wednesday, while other hospitals around Maine expect to receive doses Tuesday.
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Maine hospitals are preparing to administer the state’s first coronavirus vaccines to medical staff after the first doses arrived Monday, part of a massive national vaccine rollout and a first small step toward ending the pandemic.
Officials at Northern Light Health, a statewide network of hospitals, said vaccine doses were delivered Monday morning to Mercy Hospital in Portland and Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. The hospital group expects to begin inoculating front-line medical workers at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday after an internal review and scheduling of staff to ensure they can be tracked after receiving the vaccine.