{"id":86097,"date":"2020-12-14T16:30:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T21:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=86097"},"modified":"2021-01-08T20:02:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T01:02:12","slug":"parkview-administers-first-covid-19-vaccines-to-frontline-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2020\/12\/14\/parkview-administers-first-covid-19-vaccines-to-frontline-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Parkview administers first COVID-19 vaccines to frontline workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Parkview_Health_new_banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"159\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Parkview_Health_new_banner.jpg 395w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Parkview_Health_new_banner-300x121.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News release from Parkview Health:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Parkview Health administers first COVID-19 vaccines to frontline healthcare workers<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Vaccinations known to be first in Indiana, among first in the United States<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>(December 14, 2020) \u2013 Six frontline healthcare workers were the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine from Parkview Health today. They were the first known COVID-19 vaccinations to be administered in Indiana and are among the first in the United States. <\/p>\n<p>Parkview received its first shipment of the vaccine at 7 a.m. today; the first vaccinations were administered beginning at 12:09 p.m. at the Parkview Mirro Center for Research and Innovation. <\/p>\n<p>The first recipients were co-workers from Parkview Regional Medical Center: Reed Steffen, patient care technician, progressive care unit; Marsha Franklin, respiratory therapist; Terrence Gant, environmental services technician; Jessica Taylor, registered nurse, medical intensive care unit; Michael Todt, pharmacist, medical intensive care unit; Hariom Joshi, MD, medical intensive care unit. The vaccinator for all six was Maryam Noureldin, ambulatory pharmacist. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Incident Command Center has been opened for 284 days in response to the pandemic, and today is a milestone day in our fight against COVID-19,\u201d said Jeffrey Boord, MD, MPH, chief quality and safety officer, Parkview Health. \u201cWe are proud to be a part of Indiana history and celebrate this huge step in protecting not only our co-workers, but also our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To mark the occasion, photos and artifacts from today\u2019s vaccinations are being shared with The History Center of Fort Wayne. <\/p>\n<p>The Parkview Mirro Center is a pilot site for the Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan and will begin mass vaccination efforts Tuesday. At this time, the vaccine is only available to healthcare workers identified by the IDOH. Eligible personnel must register for an appointment for vaccination via the IDOH platform, Zotec.  <\/p>\n<p>For additional information, visit the IDOH website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.in.gov\/vaccine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.coronavirus.in.gov\/vaccine\/<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/parkview\/aerialviewcore36in.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Aerial View rendering of the Parkview Regional Medical Center, under construction. Rendering courtesy of Parkview Health.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='d9fe0fe952a2afc322417cd9078befd4' data-image-id=\"4669\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/parkview\/aerialviewcore36in.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/parkview\/thumbs\/thumbs_aerialviewcore36in.jpg\" data-title=\"Aerial View rendering\" data-description=\"Aerial View rendering of the Parkview Regional Medical Center, under construction. Rendering courtesy of Parkview Health.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Aerial View rendering\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Aerial View rendering\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"4669\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/parkview\/thumbs\/thumbs_aerialviewcore36in.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/parkview\/prmcrendering.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Rendering of the Parkview Regional Medical Center, under construction. 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