By Mary Katherine Wildeman
mkwildeman@postandcourier.com
Robinson said Bon Secours is not disclosing when or exactly where its shipment of doses will arrive due to security reasons.
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The health system will give priority to frontline staff when the vaccine arrives and will highly recommend that all associates receive it but will not mandate it, Robinson wrote.
Prisma Health spokeswoman Sandy Dees said there are no details yet, on when the health system s hospitals, including Greenville Memorial Hospital, would receive doses. Spartanburg Medical Center said it is also awaiting more information as to when doses will arrive.
CONWAY â Tucked away in a conference room on the second floor of the Conway Medical Center, Dr. Stephen T. Brady initially joked that he wasnât going to look as Jennifer VanAernem stuck a needle in his left arm â representing the first FDA-authorized Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doled out in Horry County and across South Carolina on Monday afternoon.
But Dr. Brady didnât take his eyes off his arm â that needle represented history and, more importantly, hope.
âPeople have pandemic fatigue, isolation fatigue, plus it is incredibly emotional for families to make the decision not to be together during the holidays,â Dr. Brady said. âThe only problem is that you have to realize that not being together for this holiday may mean that you have many more in the future with those relatives to be with.
A Spartanburg man has died from injuries received during a shooting in October.
Timothy Keith Thompson, 37, of Walden Circle, died at 6:50 p.m., Friday at Spartanburg Medical Center, according to a statement from the Spartanburg County Coroner s Office.
The Coroner s Office said the Spartanburg County Sheriff s Office is investigating the shooting as a homicide.
A forensic examination is scheduled for Saturday.
Thompson is the second person to die from injuries involving the shooting on Oct. 25 at the home on Walden Circle.
When the Spartanburg County Sheriff s Office responded to the scene in October, the Herald-Journal reported deputies found two people injured and one was pronounced dead.