Houston-area hospital workers begin to receive COVID-19 vaccine KTRK
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It was an historic day at Houston hospitals as the first healthcare workers received the COVID-19 vaccine.
COVID-19 ICU nurse Robert Luckey was the first to receive the Pfizer vaccine at Memorial Hermann Hospital. He was also the first person in Houston to get the vaccine.
Luckey s vaccination was met with much fanfare, the room erupting in applause.
Visibly emotional, even while wearing a mask, Luckey said this has been both a rewarding and trying time. It s a big moment because so many people have been touched by the virus, the disease. So I think this will bring hope for a lot of people, Luckey said.
The Texas Department of State Health Services announced the first week’s allocation of 224,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine set to be shipped to 109 hospitals in 34 counties through the week of December 14th.
DSHS set allocation plans for this week prioritizing frontline healthcare workers. The highest number of doses per location is 5,850 for hospitals like the Methodist Dallas Medical Center and the Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center in Houston among other large health centers.
Because the Pfizer vaccine can only be ordered in amounts of 975, many rural Texas hospitals were not included in allocation plans for the first week.
Nationwide, Texas is ranked second after California for total number of cases and is also second with the highest total COVID death count after New York City.
Updated on December 15, 2020 at 2:12 pm
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Parkland Memorial Hospital, UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and Texas Health Resources in Fort Worth are among the 19 Texas hospitals set to receive 75,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday.
The first wave of frontline health care workers received the vaccine at Methodist Dallas Medical Center Monday. Vaccinations began at about 10:10 a.m. with the first shot going to 51-year-old Teresa Mata, an environmental services employee who cleans the emergency room at Methodist Dallas, spokesman Ryan Owens said. Mata said she was excited to be the first person to receive it and “wanted to take the risk” because she is diabetic.
3 more hospitals in North Texas will receive Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday
Parkland, UT-Southwestern, and Texas Health Harris Methodist in Fort Worth are among the hospitals that expect to receive the vaccine Tuesday. Author: Chris Sadeghi (WFAA), Jozelyn Escobedo (WFAA) Published: 7:02 AM CST December 15, 2020 Updated: 7:02 AM CST December 15, 2020
Nineteen hospitals in Texas are expected to receive shipments of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday. Four hospitals, including Methodist Dallas Medical Center, received and administered the vaccine to frontline staff Monday.
Parkland, UT-Southwestern, and Texas Health Harris Methodist in Fort Worth are among the hospitals in North Texas that expect to receive the vaccine Tuesday.
First Houston hospital workers receive COVID-19 vaccine
Robert Luckey, who works as a nurse in Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center’s COVID Intensive Care Unit, was the first to receive the vaccine. Author: KHOU 11 Staff, Stephanie Whitfield, Chris Costa (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 11:52 AM CST December 15, 2020 Updated: 10:20 PM CST December 15, 2020
HOUSTON Memorial Hermann Health System received its first shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and immediately began administering the vaccine to its frontline healthcare workers.
Robert Luckey, an RN, who works as a nurse in Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center’s COVID Intensive Care Unit, was the first to receive the vaccine.