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The program served a swath of suburban towns along the Route 2 corridor and rural towns in Middlesex County. Emerson Health says the program saw a "limited number" of patients, and it's shifting priorities to focus on inpatient and emergency behavioral health care.
Wicked Local Emerson Hospital is expecting its first shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 17, with COVID-facing hospital staff being offered the first shots that morning. During a virtual press conference Dec. 15, CEO Christine Schuster said the vaccine, which is 95% effective in trials, is only part of the solution. “It’s not a silver bullet,” Schuster said. “We have to continue to do all those things that we’ve been doing to keep ourselves and our family and the rest of the community safe.” According to Chief Medical Officer Dr. Barry Kitch, the hospital’s rollout plan...
Want more Concord Journal news? Subscribe here. Without a doubt, the coronavirus pandemic has been among the main, if not the main, topics in 2020. Concord had its fair share of COVID-19 stories, from schools to sports and more. Below are the top-10 COVID stories from the Concord Journal, based on total page views. A patient with symptoms of COVID-19, or novel coronavirus, was recently tested at Emerson Hospital. According to Dr. Barry Kitch, chief medical officer at Emerson, the patient self-identified and said they had recently traveled abroad. “The patient called the hospital in advance,...