Local hospitals to get Pfizer vaccine this week
Medical workers administer COVID-19 swaps during a drive-thru testing site in June at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Four Mid-South Baptist hospitals will begin getting the Pfizer vaccine this week, the system announced Monday, Dec. 14. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian file)
Baptist Memorial Health Care’s flagship Baptist-Memphis hospital on Walnut Grove Road will get the vaccine on Thursday, Dec. 17.
Jane Roberts
Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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