News Service of Florida
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is relying on Florida hospitals to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to health care workers, seniors and at-risk populations in the communities the hospitals serve.
It’s a task that some hospitals fear could be impossible given the state’s large senior population.
In a Tuesday phone call that included hospital officials and the secretaries of two state health-care agencies, HCA West Florida Division Chief Medical Officer Larry Feinman said it would take the HCA hospitals in Pinellas County months to vaccinate residents who are 65 and older against the virus that causes COVID-19. DeSantis issued an executive order last week that called for people 65 and older to be near the front of the line.
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is relying on Florida hospitals to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to health care workers, seniors and at-risk populations in the communities the hospitals serve. It’s a task that some hospitals fear could be impossible given the state’s large senior population.
By Joel Malkin
Dec 17, 2020
If the FDA gives emergency use authorization to Moderna for its coronavirus vaccine, as expected, hospitals across the state that have not yet received doses of Pfizer s vaccine will be getting some of the new product next week.
Gov. DeSantis office released a list of 173 Florida hospitals in 43 counties that will be receving doses of Moderna s vaccine. The governor expects the state to get a shipment of 367,000 doses from the company next week.
Nine Palm Beach-area hospitals are among the ones statewide that are slated to receive the vaccine:
Cleveland Clinic in Martin County, Delray Medical Center, Good Samaritan in West Palm Beach, JFK Medical Center, Jupiter Medical Center, Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, Palms West Hospital, St. Mary s Medical Center in West Palm Beach and Wellington Regional Medical Center.
Live Q&A: COVID-19 vaccine December 17, 2020 at 11:50 AM EST - Updated December 17 at 8:31 PM
The COVID-19 vaccine is officially in Florida, so now what?
WPTV brought together a panel of doctors Thursday night to ask what s on your mind.
Hosted by WPTV anchor Shannon Cake, the discussion featured Dr. Denzil Seedial, Dr. Ramprasad Gopalan and Dr. Ravi Pandey.
Seedial is a critical care medicine and pulmonologist at Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Disorders Institute of South Florida, the largest integrated pulmonary and chest specialty group in Palm Beach County.
Gopalan is an infectious disease specialist who practices medicine in seven of Palm Beach County s hospitals.