MADISONVILLE, Ky. (WEHT) – Baptist Health has administered more than 11,000 COVID-19 vaccines to frontline health care workers including nurses, housekeepers, physicians, respiratory therapists and phlebotomists, hospitals announced Tuesday.
The hospital in Madisonville was one of the first 11 hospitals in Kentucky to receive the vaccine and began vaccinating its workers earlier this month. Below is a video of various hospitals celebrating the milestone.
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(This story was originally published on December 29, 2020)
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