Frontline Workers at Henry Ford Allegiance Health to Begin Receiving Vaccinations This Afternoon

(December 17, 2020 10:15 AM) Frontline healthcare workers at Henry Ford Allegiance Health will begin receiving COVID-19 vaccinations later this afternoon.  Henry Ford Health System announced this morning each HFHS Hospital, including Henry Ford Hospital, Henry Ford Macomb Hospital, Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital, Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital and Henry Ford Allegiance Hospital is receiving 975 doses of vaccine for frontline healthcare workers who are at the greatest risk of exposure to COVID-19. 

Today at 5:45 PM, Henry Ford President and CEO Wright Lassiter III,  Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Chief Medical Executive and Henry Ford Emergency Medicine Physician Joneigh Khaldun, MD, will host and offer remarks at a special LIVE COVID-19 first vaccinations event at Henry Ford Hospital. Frontline healthcare workers from all five Henry Ford Hospitals will be receiving their COVID-19 vaccine during this event marking the first vaccinations.  Dr Khaldun will also be receiving her vaccination at this event. 

The event will begin streaming LIVE for the public on YouTube, Facebook and other social media channels beginning at 5:45 PM ET.

A special surprise at the event will be an appearance by Santa Claus – AKA NICU Nurse manager Murray Speers, who annually plays Santa for the babies and families in the Henry Ford NICU. He will have a very special message to everyone about the importance of the COVID-19 vaccine.

The first shipments of the Pfizer vaccine arrived at designated sites in Michigan on Monday.  As of Tuesday, more than 26,000 doses have been delivered to hospitals and health departments, with several hundred frontline and healthcare workers receiving their first vaccination this week.