HASTINGS — The Mary Lanning Healthcare Chief Medical Officer stepped up Tuesday as the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccination at MLH.
Around 3 p.m.Tuesday, Dr. Abel Luksan rolled up his sleeve and received the vaccination as several other frontline workers applauded. The Pfizer vaccine was the first given at the Hastings hospital. Dr. Luksan, and those in line after him Tuesday, all work with COVID-19 patients.
Earlier Tuesday, Pharmacy Director Debra Lee welcomed Michele Bever, South Heartland District Health Department Director, as she brought the first of the vaccine to the hospital. The doses were delivered for the first round of vaccinations.
Details are not yet available on when the next allocation of vaccine will be received, but officials plan to continue vaccinating healthcare workers as a supply becomes available.
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