CONWAY — While Memorial Hospital has ended its state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is not letting its guard down, with officials preparing a new marketing campaign to get more people vaccinated against COVID-19.
President Art Mathisen said at a Zoom ceremony marking the end of emergency operations (see related story in today’s health section), “We’ll just move and pivot as we need to.”
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