Billings Clinic Press Releases

Individuals included in the above groups, are invited to schedule an appointment for COVID-19 vaccinations through either St. Vincent Healthcare or Billings Clinic. No walk-in vaccinations will be given. Patient-facing healthcare personnel and first responders must show valid credentials (proof of healthcare entity employment, employee badge, etc.) at the time of vaccination.

Billings Clinic will administer its first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, December 14, at noon. The first vaccines will go to a team of five people that will be representing every member of the Billings Clinic health system and first responders that have been at the forefront of caring for our rural and urban Montana and Wyoming communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Billings Clinic received their first allocations of Bamlanivimab monoclonal antibody (mAb) and Casirivimab/Imdevimab treatment from the Montana Department of Health and Human services to treat COVID-19 patients with mild to moderate illness who meet specific requirements.

Ellen Edlund, a Billings Clinic nurse hospitalized in the ICU with serious complications from COVID-19, has turned a corner on her road to recovery. Hospitalized in late November and moved to the ICU a short time later, Ellen was placed on a ventilator and then an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine for life support.

The Montana Women’s Run announced donations to women’s and children’s health and fitness programs in the Billings community from funds raised this year. The 2020 Montana Women’s Run was held as a virtual race in accordance with the guidelines set by the CDC, state and local agencies for the health and safety of all runners. This year’s funds are donated to six worthy causes.

Billings Clinic received a semi load of patient care supplies today from the Montana Department of Disaster and Emergency Services to help address rising numbers of patients hospitalized due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thanks to help from state and local health and disaster officials, Billings Clinic has secured federal resources to help in the critical work of caring for COVID-19 patients during the ongoing pandemic.

On a brisk October morning, two of the five children of Stacey and Eloise Stewart, Jr. made a two-hour drive to Billings to see their parents, who both are hospitalized with COVID-19, at Billings Clinic, Montana’s largest hospital and trauma center. It was an historic day for Billings Clinic – the COVID-19 surge was breaking records.