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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Following the arrival of multiple ultralow freezers, extensive training of its team members and a successful day of mock distribution and administration, Novant Health inoculated its first front-line health care workers today, using the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
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The integrated health care system is an approved vaccination administration site and will distribute vaccines at three of its facilities in North Carolina: Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center in Charlotte and Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center on the North Carolina coast.
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Atrium Health has so far seen “no severe reactions” to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in its employees who have been vaccinated, Dr. Lewis McCurdy, an infectious disease physician at Atrium, told reporters on Thursday. Two health care workers in Alaska reportedly experienced allergic reactions to the shot and had to get emergency treatment after being vaccinated on Wednesday. One of the cases was described as severe.
In Charlotte, McCurdy said Atrium employees have reported sore arms, fatigue and muscle aches after being vaccinated but “nothing significant.”
“We are watching people,” McCurdy said. “There are obviously requirements around watching people for a certain period of time after the immunization to make sure they’re safe.”
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The stroke patient had been rushed to the rural hospital emergency room, unable to move his entire right side, speak or understand what was said to him.
Soon afterward, because of fast treatment and the technology that makes it possible, nurse Debbie Moser noticed the patient had raised his right arm. Then he clenched and unclenched his hand. He was well on the way to recovery.
At the center of his quick recovery was a video-based platform that provides remote access to a neurologist, the expert in stroke care. This technology helps to synchronize stroke care and reduce delays that can stand between patients and life-saving treatments.
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