ELBERTON, Ga. (AP) A northeast Georgia medical practice that disobeyed state guidelines and vaccinated teachers from the local school system has lost its appeal to have its supply of COVID-19 vaccines reinstated. However, the state Department of Public Health says it will send more vaccines to five other sites in Elbert County, northeast of Athens on the South Carolina state line.
“Because The Medical Center of Elberton violated a critical component of the provider agreement, DPH is not able to rescind the suspension from the COVID Vaccine Program,” Public Health Commissioner Kathleen Toomey wrote Friday in a letter to the Medical Center of Elberton in a letter reported by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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ELBERTON, Ga. (AP) A northeast Georgia medical practice that disobeyed state guidelines and vaccinated teachers from the local school system has lost its appeal to have its supply of COVID-19 vaccines reinstated. However, the state Department of Public Health says it will send more vaccines to five other sites in Elbert County, northeast of Athens on the South Carolina state line.
“Because The Medical Center of Elberton violated a critical component of the provider agreement, DPH is not able to rescind the suspension from the COVID Vaccine Program,” Public Health Commissioner Kathleen Toomey wrote Friday in a letter to the Medical Center of Elberton in a letter reported by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Officials with the Georgia Department of Public Health have suspended The Medical Center of Elberton from Georgia s COVID-19 Vaccination Program, but they say there are other locations in the county for residents to receive vaccines.
The hospital was suspended for vaccinating teachers in the county; teachers are not part of the population currently eligible to receive COVID vaccines.
The suspension - effective Wednesday, Jan. 27 - was confirmed in a press release issued Thursday. The suspension became effective immediately for a term of six months, ending July 27, 2021, the statement said. The suspension is for The Medical Center of Elberton only. Five other vaccine providers in Elbert County, including the Elbert County Health Department, will continue to receive vaccine.