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McLeod Health Clarendon vaccinated its first physicians for COVID-19 on Thursday, December 17, 2020. Dr. Catherine Rabon, Chief Medical Officer for McLeod Health Clarendon and an Emergency Medicine Physician, Dr. Steven Nathanson, received the first doses of the vaccine at McLeod Health Clarendon.
Following the receipt of her vaccine, Dr. Rabon said, “While there is always some anxiety about the unknown, I am excited to have the opportunity to receive the vaccine as this is one more weapon in our armamentarium for our fight against COVID-19. Anything I can do to help keep my patients, my family and myself safe is well worth it.”
While the vaccine is in some of the more populated parts of the state, what about other rural counties of the Midlands?
Josh Morton, the Emergency Management Director for Saluda County, says as of Thursday, the county has had a total of 893 cases of the coronavirus. 70 of those cases have occurred in the last fourteen days.
As of Thursday, Saluda County continues to wait to receive the vaccine. As of right now, we have not been made aware of any vaccine that s come into the county, said Morton. Really our role at this point is just been to identify a provider for county first responders.
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McLeod Health Clarendon was awarded an ‘A’ in the fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing McLeod Health Clarendon’s achievements protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care. The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. The Safety Grade assigns an ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ or ‘F’ grade to all general hospitals across the country and is updated every six months. It is based on a hospital’s performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other harms to patients in their care.
FLORENCE, S.C. â At least two doctors at McLeod Health don t plan on changing their non-hospital routines like masks and social distancing after they receive the second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.Â
Drs. Jeremy Robertson, Dale Lusk and Peter Hyman were the first doctors at McLeod Health to receive the first of two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday afternoon. All three were injected with a vaccine produced by Pfizer at a news conference held at the Medical Medical Park East.Â
The World Health Organization describes a vaccine as being something like a shortcut for the body s immune system. In essence, without a vaccine, the human body is exposed to a pathogen like a virus or a bacteria and then develops a way to get rid of the pathogen. A vaccine contains either a weakened version of the pathogen or the blueprints to tell the body how to get rid of the pathogen. Thus, when the body is exposed, it already knows how to get rid of the pathogen.Â
Grand Strand Health administers first doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Grand Strand Health administers first doses of vaccine By Katherine Phillips | December 16, 2020 at 9:06 AM EST - Updated December 16 at 8:15 PM
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) – Grand Strand Health has received its first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to officials.
And for employees like Matt Cuba who got the vaccine, Wednesday was an exciting day.
“Good. It makes me feel really good,” he said shortly after getting his first dose.
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“A lot of people are nervous about side effects and that sort of thing but honestly, I feel lucky,” said Cuba. “Working in a hospital you can see how bad it can get, and how many people it’s effecting, so this is a good option.”