After two rounds of voting, Dawson County Hospital District (DCHD) board members voted 3-1 Tuesday to establish an employee COVID-19 vaccination policy requiring the hospital’s more than 100 staff members to either get inoculated or file for exemptions from the presidential vaccination mandate.Board members supporting the measure were concerned that non-compliance would result in a devastating financial impact that Medical Arts Hospital (MAH) just can’t afford.Hospitals are mandated to be in compliance with the rule by Dec. 6, said Letha Stokes, MAH chief executive officer. If not, they face the possibility of losing vital federal funding provided through Medicare and ...