Holding Up a Mirror to a Life in Medicine
Alum Suzanne Koven, Mass General s inaugural writer-in-residence, reflects on imposter syndrome, family, and identity in new essay collection By Julia M. Klein / Published May 20, 2021
As a medical student and resident, Suzanne Koven, Med 86 (MD), 89 (PGF), HS 89, appreciated Johns Hopkins distinguished history, dating to the pioneering 19th-century physician William Osler. On the one hand, it instilled in me a very deep sense of pride and belonging to this rich heritage, she says in a Zoom interview conducted against a backdrop of diplomas and awards plaques for both writing and medicine. But, on the other hand, I didn t stop to consider that the heritage was almost entirely male.
California hospital distributes 850 vaccines in 2.5 hours when refrigerator fails [SFGate, San Francisco]
Jan. 5 A Northern California hospital has shown it’s possible to get the COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of people fast.
Adventist Health Ukiah Valley Medical Center learned Monday morning the refrigerator holding Mendocino County’s most recent distribution of 850 Moderna vaccines had failed.
Racing to beat the clock before the vaccines spoiled, they successfully administered the entire supply in 2.5 hours in collaboration with the county’s health department and skilled nursing facilities.
Judson Howe, the financial officer for the medical center, said they aimed to issue the vaccine to high-risk individuals, but “the highest priority was making sure that nothing went to waste.”
Adventist Hospital in California Scrambles to Deliver COVID Vaccine After Refrigerator Malfunction
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January 6, 2021
An Adventist hospital in Northern California was holding an entire county’s stock of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine when a refrigerator holding the vials malfunctioned on Monday, January 4, 2021. Suddenly, the race was on to use the 850 doses before they spoiled.
Adventist Health Ukiah Valley is a 78-bed hospital several hours north of San Francisco. On Monday, hospital staff noticed the refrigerator failure,
Both of the vaccines so far approved in the United States use cutting edge mRNA technology, which enabled a fast development but carries the downside of being quite fragile. The Moderna vaccine can survive up to a month in a refrigerator but only 12 hours at room temperature.
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