KINGSTON â At the Care New England Field Hospital in Cranston, healthcare professionals are putting themselves on the frontlines of the pandemic in order to deliver lifesaving care.Â
Several of these brave individuals are coming from the University of Rhode Islandâs College of Pharmacy. All of them, both professors and students alike, have voluntarily stepped up to the plate.
âSeeing these people step up â not just pharmacy but nursing, physicians, everybody â everybody is rowing this boat in the right direction,â said URI Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Todd Brothers. âWe all work as a cohesive group and decide how to get things done promptly. Itâs invigorating to be part of this.â
They were not eligible to receive the protective shots under the state’s policies.
- The elderly
- Teachers
- The poor who have to go to work in factories and kitchens and live in crowded housing
As Rhode Island continues to struggle to secure vaccine and get the neediest vaccinated, these selfish individuals who have a fiduciary responsibility to guide their hospitals thought of themselves first and only.
The leadership of the hospitals who provided the precious vaccine to curry favor with their wealthy benefactors should be ashamed.
Rhode Island s most successful entrepreneur Angus Davis took to Twitter Sunday night, “Any board member (of a non-profit hospital no less!!) who did this should resign immediately.”
Published January 17. 2021 2:33AM
Associated Press
RHODE ISLAND
Vaccines have been given to board members at Lifespan and trustees at Care New England even as older adults across the state have to wait weeks or months for their turn, officials say.
Both companies, the state s largest and second-largest hospital groups, respectively, have expanded eligibility to everyone who works there, no matter their age or risk or exposure, the Providence Journal reported. That includes lab techs, top administrators and others.
Jane Bruno, spokesperson for Lifespan, the state s largest employer, said board members were offered available vaccination slots last weekend as part of the lowest tier of priority.
Vaccines have been given to board members at Lifespan and trustees at Care New England even as older adults across the state have to wait weeks or months for.