New York State health officials are investigating a New York City health care provider for an alleged violation of the protocol as part of the implementation of the coronavirus vaccine in the state.
ParCare Community Health Network in Brooklyn may have “fraudulently obtained the COVID-19 vaccine, transferred it to facilities in other parts of the state in violation of state guidelines, and diverted it to members of the public, contrary in the state’s plan to administer it first to front-line health workers, as well as residents and nursing home staff, ”according to New York Health Commissioner Howard Zucker.
The company told Reuters it was cooperating with the criminal investigation and said it intends to “provide critical medical services and administer COVID-19 vaccines to those qualified to receive them according to guidelines from the State Department of Health.” New York, which includes responsive front-line health care workers. “
A report appeared in the New York Times last week detailing how Morgan Stanley Children’s and Presbyterian Hospital in New York had given access to the vaccine to some hospital employees who were not at high risk of contracting the virus. .
Staff at other hospitals told the Times they were concerned internally, but that they have not spoken out for fear of professional retaliation.
New York State’s vaccine launch program dictates that high-risk people, such as doctors, nurses and first aiders, have priority when it comes to getting the vaccine.
“We take it very seriously and [the New York Department of Health] will assist the state police in the criminal investigation into this matter, “Zucker said of ParCare’s allegations.