UpdatedWed, Dec 16, 2020 at 10:24 pm ET
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Girish Dang didn t even feel the COVID-19 vaccine shot he received Wednesday at MelroseWakefield Hospital. The psychiatric nurse was one of the first workers to receive the shot. (Mike Carraggi/Patch)
MELROSE, MA Girish Dang early in the pandemic asked his wife if they should keep going to work. Dang is a psychiatric nurse at MelroseWakefield Hospital, and his wife works in a nursing home. Both are over 60 and live with her 92-year-old father.
She had already been infected with COVID-19 in April. The hospital had filled many of its hallways with beds anticipating an overflow. So when he asked if they should reconsider putting themselves at risk every day, it wasn t a question arrived at lightly.
As millions of doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine crisscrossed the country Monday en route to more than 600 locations nationwide, MelroseWakefield Hospital prepared for Tuesday’s delivery of about 1,000 shots. The hospital, which will first vaccinate employees who treat or work near coronavirus patients, turned a conference room into a makeshift clinic, filled with several vaccination tables. “Our goal.
Updated on December 15, 2020 at 12:16 am
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As millions of doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine crisscrossed the country Monday en route to more than 600 locations nationwide, MelroseWakefield Hospital prepared for Tuesday’s delivery of about 1,000 shots.
The hospital, which will first vaccinate employees who treat or work near coronavirus patients, turned a conference room into a makeshift clinic, filled with several vaccination tables.
“Our goal is to be able to vaccinate as many people as we can, and any lost time is lost time,” said Chief Medical Officer Dr. Steven Sbardella.
The hospital also rented a special freezer that’s capable of keeping the shots at the required -80 degrees Celsius, or 112 degrees below zero.