Rosemary Keegan, a registered nurse, raises her arms in celebration after receiving the first Moderna COVID-19 vaccination at Ocala Regional Medical Center on Wednesday. Ocala Health, which operated ORMC, received 3,000 doses of the vaccine. They plan to dispense the vaccines at Ocala Regional and West Marion Community Hospital. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette]
Posted December 23, 2020 | Photography by Bruce Ackerman
Rosemary Keegan, a registered nurse, raises her arms in celebration after receiving the first Moderna COVID-19 vaccination at Ocala Regional Medical Center on Wednesday. Ocala Health, which operated ORMC, received 3,000 doses of the vaccine. They plan to dispense the vaccines at Ocala Regional and West Marion Community Hospital. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette]Dr. Nitin Dhaon, left, was the second health care worker to receive the COVID-19 vaccination at ORMC. Dr. Dhaon receives the shot from Jackie White, a registered nurse at ORMC.Rae Austin, the Ocala Regional Medical Center pharmacy operations manager, draws the COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe as she prepares the vaccinations for health care workers at the hospital on Wednesday. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette]Rae Austin, of ORMC, draws a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe on Wednesday. The hospital is vaccinating its health care workers. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette]