SCRMC begins vaccinating frontline workers SCRMC begins vaccinating frontline workers By Caroline Wood | December 22, 2020 at 5:04 PM CST - Updated December 22 at 10:15 PM LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - Frontline healthcare workers at South Central Regional Medical Center received their first doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday. The Moderna vaccine arrived at SCRMC on Monday, and distribution began Tuesday. “Sometimes there’s a little hesitancy to slow down,” said Dr. Kendrick Sparks, a hospitalist at South Central Regional Medical Center. “We as physicians know, I know personally, I know that I have an obligation to keep moving forward. So, this is a very important step. It’s the next step and the first of two steps, and I’m really hoping that as a body here we can really rally behind the community to get the vaccine.”