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Vaccine rollout continues on MDI
BAR HARBOR This past week, the staff of Mount Desert Island Hospital, its associated practices and vaccine clinics put 900 shots into arms. This was the hospital’s largest weekly allotment of doses, adding to the 5,753 administered to date.
At this point, demand continues to outpace supply. Reservations for appointments book within hours of being released.
The rush to get residents vaccinated is pushing against a steadily climbing statewide positivity rate, which is a concern for healthcare professionals already worried that pandemic fatigue continues to grow. “We seem to be losing vigilance,” said MDI Hospital CEO Chrissi Maguire. “It impedes progress and makes the tunnel longer,” she said, referring to that proverbial light at the end of the tunnel marking the end of the pandemic.
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Vaccines are on the way, but with limited supply and high demand, the rollout will take time. Statewide, approximately 81,000 Mainers have received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and, as of Tuesday, 12,441 people have been given the required two doses.
MDI Hospital transitions its leadership
Chrissi Maguire
BAR HARBOR If you ask Mount Desert Island Hospital’s outgoing CEO Art Blank what he will do in retirement, he will tell you that he plans to rekindle his love of horseback riding.
After 20 years at the helm of the hospital, and seeing it through a number of successful transformations, he has probably earned that right, but when he expands on the answer, you’ll find that while he won’t be setting an alarm clock, there are still a few hospital projects to which he will lend a hand in the coming months.