By Jason Hall
Jan 22, 2021
A former Houston area health department doctor is accused of stealing nine doses of coronavirus vaccine from a damaged vial and giving it to friends and family members.
Dr. Hasan Gokal has been charged with theft by a public servant, which is a Class A Misdemeanor and carries up to a year in jail, as well as a $4,000 fine if convicted, according to a news release from the Office of Harris County, Texas District Attorney
Kim Ogg.
Gokal reportedly stole the vial containing nine doses of the COVID-19 vaccine while working at the Harris County Public Health vaccination site at Lyndsay Lyons Park in Humble, Texas on December 29, 2020. A fellow Harris County Public Health employee reported Gokal s alleged actions to supervisors a week later.
By Jason Hall
Jan 22, 2021
A former Houston area health department doctor is accused of stealing nine doses of coronavirus vaccine from a damaged vial and giving it to friends and family members.
Dr. Hasan Gokal has been charged with theft by a public servant, which is a Class A Misdemeanor and carries up to a year in jail, as well as a $4,000 fine if convicted, according to a news release from the Office of Harris County, Texas District Attorney
Kim Ogg.
Gokal reportedly stole the vial containing nine doses of the COVID-19 vaccine while working at the Harris County Public Health vaccination site at Lyndsay Lyons Park in Humble, Texas on December 29, 2020. A fellow Harris County Public Health employee reported Gokal s alleged actions to supervisors a week later.
Gov. Greg Abbott and his top health advisers swung by Houston on Tuesday to meet with Houston Methodist CEO and president Dr. Mark Boom to talk about the statewide COVID-19 vaccine rollout, and to praise Houston Methodist for being the top vaccinator in all of Texas.
Abbott said that Harris County as a whole “has administered far more vaccines than any other county in Texas.” He cited Department of State Health Service statistics which show that as of Monday, 259,848 vaccine shots had been doled out in Texas’s most populous county, “almost double the amount” of vaccines given out by number two-ranking Dallas County so far.
Governor Greg Abbott and top state health officials were at Houston Methodist Hospital on Tuesday giving an update on the COVID-19 vaccination efforts in Texas.
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott, right, holds the hand of 86 yr-old Al Godfrey of Arlington as he receives his COVID-19 shot at a mass vaccination site inside Esports Stadium Arlington & Expo Center in Arlington, Texas, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Earlier Abbott met with local and state officials for a briefing and then provided an update on COVID-19 vaccine efforts in Texas. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)Tom Fox, POOL / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott gives a thumbs up to people who received a COVID-19 shot as he tours a mass vaccination site inside Esports Stadium Arlington & Expo Center in Arlington, Texas, Monday, January 11, 2021. Following along are local officials, including Arlington mayor Jeff Williams (left) who shakes hands with seniors. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)Tom Fox, POOL / Associated PressShow MoreShow Le