Dozens of medical residents and fellows at Stanford University’s ancillary hospital protested Friday after they walked behind the COVID-19 vaccination line – red-faced administrators who said they would not accept the rollout.
“In the first room, behind the line!” Residents and colleagues shouted at the protest at Stanford Medical’s Bay Area Hospital.
“We learned that only seven of the 1,349 residents have been selected for the first wave of vaccinations,” third-year resident Charles Marks told NBC during the protest.
The hospital quickly apologized.
“Our objective was to develop an ethical and equitable plan for the entire organization, and there were flaws in that plan that we are actively striving for improvement,” the administrators said in a statement.
“We recognize the frustration and distress caused by this and appreciate those who have brought these concerns to us,” the statement said.
“We are urgently revising our plan to better streamline vaccine delivery.”
Protesters told the station that nurses, physicians, janitors and food service workers were also getting short cuts.
“We’ve all seen these people being in the first wave of people getting vaccinated, and they’re telling us they’re not,” said Angela Prembs, a third-year internal medicine resident.
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