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More than 500 employees at NGHS face termination for refusing COVID vaccine

Elizabeth Larkins, the director of critical care at Gainesville's Northeast Georgia Medical Center, looks away while receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. She was one of seven frontline health care workers to receive a dose Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. - photo by Nick Watson

Elizabeth Larkins.jpg — Elizabeth Larkins, the director of critical care at Gainesville's Northeast Georgia Medical Center, looks away while receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. She was one of seven frontline health care workers to receive a dose Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. - photo by Nick Watson

Conner Evans

The Times

Updated: Jan 27, 2022, 12:05 AM

Published: Jan 26, 2022, 8:05 PM

All employees without an approved exemption must have their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by Feb. 14 and be fully vaccinated by March 15.

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Retiring President and CEO of Northeast Georgia Health System Carol Burrell visits with well-wishers Thursday, April 3, 2025, during a reception in her honor at the Boathouse at Lake Lanier Olympic Park.

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