Congressman Richard Neal visits Harrington Healthcare Method vaccination web site in Southbridge
SOUTHBRIDGE — Since vaccinations for COVID-19 became out there in mid-December, Harrington Health care System has administered more than 4,500 photographs to health treatment workers, local nursing home facilities and very first responders.
These efforts were being lauded by U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, who visited the Harrington’s point out-specified vaccination centre Friday, and identified as the Harrington procedure, “The tiny medical center that could.”
Neal achieved with Harrington Health care System’s President and CEO Ed Moore, other leadership and a variety of vaccination staff customers in the health care method all through a tour of the facility.
“Harrington Medical center is executing incredible get the job done to provide the neighborhood and support get rid of the virus,” Neal stated. “The partnership they solid with regional towns in December to assistance staffing wants has allowed them to get far more needles into additional arms as we keep on to roll out the vaccination ideas.”
Moore explained Neal and his staff members have helped Harrington with COVID-19 aid efforts.
“Congressman Neal has been a excellent lover in supporting Harrington HealthCare’s initiatives to present obtain to quality health care in our communities. He and his team have played an instrumental part in helping us with our COVID-19 aid initiatives,” Moore said.
Moore extra: “Becoming a condition-official internet site is a huge action in the ideal way. We are delighted to do the job with the state in delivering vaccines to our community group associates alongside with people condition-vast.”
In addition to the Tier 1 vaccination-eligible inhabitants, Harrington Health care System will start administering vaccines to individuals ages 75 or more mature as early as this Feb. 1.
Harrington’s vaccine distribution centre is running at the Southbridge Local community Center found at 153 Chestnut St. Men and women who qualify to acquire the vaccine at this time and who are interested in scheduling an appointment to be vaccinated need to visit mass.gov/data-particulars/covid-19-vaccination-spots-for-men and women-in-qualified-groups-and-phases
Harrington also continues to run two COVID-19 travel-through testing websites positioned in Southbridge and Webster.
To day, Harrington has tested more than 45,000 community associates.
To routine a testing appointment, or for additional data on COVID-19 testing visit harringtonhospital.org.