Central Mass. health and fitness care employees get COVID-19 vaccine

Emily Palumbo said she didn’t established out to make history by finding the to start with COVID-19 vaccine in North Central Massachusetts. 



a man cutting a cake: LEOMINSTER - Nurse Tara Keith is vaccinated by Interim Director of the Emergency Department Eduardo Urbina as health care workers at UMass Memorial HealthAlliance Clinton Hospital, Leominster campus, received the first round of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday.


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LEOMINSTER – Nurse Tara Keith is vaccinated by Interim Director of the Crisis Division Eduardo Urbina as well being treatment personnel at UMass Memorial HealthAlliance Clinton Hospital, Leominster campus, gained the initially spherical of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday.

“I experienced to make (my appointment) early for the reason that my daughter is finding braces currently,” Palumbo mentioned, laughing. 

But as a registered nurse in the crisis department at UMass Memorial HealthAlliance Clinton Clinic, Leominster campus, Palumbo said it was time to shift forward.

“It’s been a very long nine months in the emergency section,” Palumbo reported. “I’m hoping we can go forward and do what’s finest for the sufferers and the local community.”

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Palumbo was the initially of a stream of front-line caregivers at the Leominster clinic to get vaccinated Wednesday morning, as nurses, medical professionals, and other staff with whom COVID-19 individuals are in call submitted into a meeting area just about every 10 minutes to obtain the to start with of two doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. 



a person cutting a cake: LEOMINSTER - Pharmacist Mary Catherine Heighton snaps a photo as Dr. Jay Glaser is vaccinated by Interim Director of the Emergency Department Eduardo Urbina while health care workers at UMass Memorial HealthAlliance Clinton Hospital, Leominster campus, received the first round of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday.


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LEOMINSTER – Pharmacist Mary Catherine Heighton snaps a image as Dr. Jay Glaser is vaccinated by Interim Director of the Unexpected emergency Office Eduardo Urbina even though overall health care employees at UMass Memorial HealthAlliance Clinton Healthcare facility, Leominster campus, been given the initially spherical of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday.

It was the very first vaccination clinic of lots of planned above the subsequent number of months by UMass Memorial Well being Care, as the initially period of vaccinations focusing on entrance-line treatment workers will get underway. 



a man and a woman taking a selfie: LEOMINSTER - Senior Director of Critical Care Services Nancy Seskes vaccinates Dr. Eric Rosenthal as health care workers at UMass Memorial HealthAlliance Clinton Hospital, Leominster campus, received the first round of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday.


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LEOMINSTER – Senior Director of Vital Care Companies Nancy Seskes vaccinates Dr. Eric Rosenthal as overall health treatment employees at UMass Memorial HealthAlliance Clinton Healthcare facility, Leominster campus, received the initially spherical of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday.

“I’ve been seeking ahead to the instant,” explained Eric Rosenthal, a health practitioner of osteopathic drugs who is effective in family members drugs, obstetrics and caring for admitted individuals. “I really feel fantastic. It was considerably less unpleasant than the flu shot.”

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Anthony Guarini, a physical therapist at the hospital concurred. 

“I did it and I felt good doing it,” Guarini reported. “I belief the science and they did every little thing they needed to do.

Other vaccine recipients, on the other hand, were being a little a lot more hesitant.

“I was really significantly adamant about not acquiring it,” explained team nurse Tara Keith. 

But, she reported, doing work on the COVID ground at the medical center transformed her intellect. “I just want to get it above and done with … the Foods and Drug Administration will not put us in damage.”

Palumbo was also a little nervous.

“I was a minor apprehensive in the commencing because it is so new,” Palumbo stated. “But I did a whole lot of research on it and with looking at a lot of health and fitness treatment suppliers do it, I understood it was the suitable factor.”

“I’m much more anxious about obtaining COVID, so I want to shield myself and my relatives,” Palumbo ongoing.

And nurse Anita Tatro mentioned her preliminary apprehension was conquer with reading the vaccine reports. 

“I really don’t believe I’m heading to glow environmentally friendly, I do not believe I have a tracker in me,” Tatro reported as she waited the prescribed 15 minutes soon after receiving the shot to make guaranteed she seasoned no serious symptoms. “I’m happy we’re ready to see if it will function and get issues back again to usual.”

Regular may well be a bit absent, even so, as professional medical gurus forecast the vaccine will not be out there to the general general public till the spring. 

“Long phrase (the vaccinations) will make a difference, but right up until it is extensively offered to the common general public, (the vaccine) will not be adequate,” mentioned Rosenthal. “We have to proceed what we’re carrying out with mask-sporting, and handwashing and social distancing.”

Nonetheless, entrance-line workers receiving the shot expressed hope.

“I see it as a hopeful move,” Palumbo stated.

And Guarini said it was anything that could help.

“Everything else is working rampant like wildfire out there,” Guarini explained. “I determine this is 1 way to relaxed it down.”

This short article initially appeared on Telegram & Gazette: ‘It’s been a very long 9 months’ in the ER: Central Mass. overall health care personnel get COVID-19 vaccine

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