Related Company: Photo: UVMHN CEO John Brumsted, MD, addresses the media on March 12, 2020, outside the entrance of The University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. This was one day after the Medical Center admitted its first COVID-19 patient and one day before Governor Scott declared a State of Emergency. VBM photo. Focus remains on providing high quality care. Vermont Business Magazine March 11 will mark one year since the first patient diagnosed with COVID-19 received care from the UVM Health Network. Since that time, the Network has worked vigorously to fight the pandemic, educate our communities and distribute vaccines to stop the spread – all while focusing on safely meeting the health care needs of our patients across Vermont and Northern New York.