Photo: Courtesy forbes.com ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Increasing COVID-19 cases combined with staff shortages are straining the ability of Missouri hospitals to provide
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Increasing COVID-19 cases combined with staff shortages are straining the ability of Missouri hospitals to provide care for patients with the virus and other illnesses, according to hospital officials.
Increasing covid-19 cases, combined with staff shortages, are straining the ability of Missouri hospitals to provide care for patients with the virus and other illnesses, according to hospital officials.
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1 of 4 Donna Stokes, infection prevention at Mercy Hospital Joplin, draws a COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday at the hospital. Globe | Roger Nomer A nurse prepares a syringe with a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday at Freeman West. About 300 doses were administered to frontline workers at Freeman on Tuesday. Globe | Laurie Sisk A vial containing several doses of the new Moderna Covid-19 vaccine sits on a table as frontline workers prepare for vaccinations on Tuesday at Freeman West. About 300 doses were administered to frontline workers at Freeman on Tuesday. Globe | Laurie Sisk Frontline workers wait in line for the first Moderna Covid-19 vaccinations on Tuesday at Freeman West. About 300 doses were administered to frontline workers at Freeman on Tuesday. Globe | Laurie Sisk
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1 min to read Doctors and nurses at Mercy Hospital Joplin were the first in the city to get the vaccine to fight the novel coronavirus, the hospital announced in a statement this afternoon. Â Pfizer s vaccine, which received emergency approval Friday, arrived at Mercy Hospital Joplin at 10 a.m. and was moved into an ultra-cold freezer set aside for its storage, according to the hospital. In all, six doses were administered at Mercy Tuesday, to Dr. Eden Esguerra, an infectious disease specialist; Dr. William Craig, a cardiologist; Dr. Lydia Espinoza-Morales, a hospitalist; Judy Russell, a nurse practitioner; Donna Stokes, infection preventionist; and Kevin Manning, chief nursing officer.