Community Medical Center

Monday, February 14 was the deadline for all medical facilities who receive funding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid funding to have their employees either be vaccinated against COVID 19, or have completed a qualified exemption.

61 year-old Mary Schmidt Monahan, a nurse at Community Medical Center in Missoula, pleaded guilty in Missoula federal court on Thursday to diverting drugs meant for patients for he own use.

On Sunday, surrounded by well over a hundred supporters holding signs on the sidewalk in front of Lowe’s Home Improvement Center, O’Hara told KGVO news that her exemption had been upheld by the hospital administration.

KGVO has learned that Community Medical Center is now requiring all employees and staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID 19.

Patients needing emergency care will now access the registration and waiting room areas to the right of the ambulance bay.

At a press conference in Butte on Thursday, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte shared the news that monoclonal antibody treatments are now available in 41 out of 56 counties in the state, for those that have requested the treatments.

Missoula’s Community Medical Center is scheduling vaccination appointments through Thursday of this week, according to Sarah Buszmann with the Clinic vaccine Coordination Team.

It was announced this week that Community Medical Center has received Chest Pain Center Accreditation from the American College of Cardiology Accreditation Services.

Both Missoula hospitals have received their initial doses of the COVID 19 vaccine from Pfizer.

Within the next week both Missoula hospitals will receive the initial doses of the new Pfizer COVID 19 vaccine, which will initially be given to front-line healthcare providers along with residents and staff of local nursing homes and long-term care facilities.