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Virus-Weary MelroseWakefield Hospital Begins Vaccines, See Hope

December 16, 2020
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Front-line workers were the first to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in a landmark day soaked with emotion and optimism at MelroseWakefield.

Girish Dang early in the pandemic asked his wife if they should keep going to work. Dang is a psychiatric nurse at MelroseWakefield Hospital, and his wife works in a nursing home. Both are over 60 and live with her 92-year-old father.
 

Read the full article in the Melrose Patch

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