SIUH, RUMC administer 100% of COVID vaccine allocation in first 3 weeks, Cuomo says
Updated Jan 15, 2021;
Posted Jan 15, 2021
Catherine O Hare, an assistant nurse manager in Staten Island University Hospital s critical care unit, prepares one of Staten Island s first COVID-19 vaccines at the hospital s Ocean Breeze campus on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Staten Island Advance/Paul Liotta)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. The borough’s two private hospitals have administered 100% of their vaccine allocation in the first three weeks of distribution, the state said on Friday.
Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) and Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC) both used up their total allocations which, according to state guidelines, were to be used for hospital staff.