'MaineHealth' says it will fire workers who don't get vaccinated
'MaineHealth', the state’s largest health care provider, will fire employees who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 1, its spokesman said Thursday. Asked what will happen if a MaineHealth employee is not fully vaccinated by the Oct. 1 deadline set by the state, spokesman John Porter confirmed in an interview that “they will be terminated.”
“After being removed from the schedule, we will allow a reconsideration period for employees to change their mind, before we end their employment,” he said. “We are trying to do everything that we can to encourage staff to meet the requirements of the law, and that will continue to be our focus.”
State officials last week issued a mandate requiring all health care workers in the state to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 1. The order issued by Gov. Janet Mills applies to hospital and nursing home staff, dentists, EMS personnel and other health care workers – about 150,000 workers in all. Only exemptions for medical reasons are allowed.
A few days after the order was issued, about 300 people gathered near Maine Medical Center in Portland to protest the new mandate, although it wasn’t clear how many were health care workers.
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