Brandon Regional Hospital Opens Caregiver COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic

Press release from the Brandon Regional Hospital:

December 18, 2020

Brandon Regional Hospital, an HCA Healthcare affiliate, began providing the
COVID-19 vaccine today to high risk caregivers. The vaccine was administered
in a Hillsborough County clinic at Brandon Regional Hospital and served
caregivers from Brandon Regional Hospital, Memorial Hospital of Tampa and
its Tampa Community Hospital campus, and South Bay Hospital.

Approximately 150 caregivers received the first dose of the Pfizer BioNTech
vaccine today. The clinic will re-open on Monday for a second full day of
scheduled vaccinations.

“After months of caring for COVID-19 patients on a daily basis, we are
thrilled to have the opportunity to administer the vaccine to caregivers in
our region,” said Dr. Alan Harmatz, Chief Medical Officer, Brandon
Regional Hospital. “This is a historic day and the beginning of the
end of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Juan Angel, MD, Internal Medicine, was the first physician to receive the
COVID-19 vaccination at Brandon Regional Hospital on December 18. The
vaccine was administered by Rosalina Hulse, RN, MSN, CCRN, REN.

As additional supplies of vaccines become available, HCA Healthcare West
Florida will add more clinics to ultimately offer the COVID-19 vaccine to
all caregivers who wish to receive it. A recent HCA Healthcare West Florida
survey showed that 88 percent of the responding caregivers wanted to be
vaccinated.

For more information about Brandon Regional Hospital, visit brandonhospital.com.

This press release was produced by the Brandon Regional Hospital. The views expressed are the author's own.