At a number of clinical clinical practices in Southern California, doctors say they have received questions from their good clients about whether they can get early access to a very limited supply of vaccine doses in exchange for financial contributions to a hospital or charity. .
Dr. Jeff Toll, whose boutique internal medicine practice accepts privileges at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, said one patient offered the hospital 25,000 dirhams in exchange for an early shot of the vaccine. Toll’s practice services are a well-run clientele that includes chief executives and entertainment figures, but Dr. Cutter said he tells his patients that they must also wait because the highest security needs in the first round of defense are shared with people.
Earlier this week, 327,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine were received in California, giving first-line front-line health care workers fighting the virus, which has killed more than 22,000 people across the state since the onset of the epidemic.
“I think one of the hardest things is the physicians who take care of these high-powered people to be able to say, ‘No, you have to wait.’ “These people don’t usually have to wait.”
Toll Lay said its practice has applied to the state of California to become a vaccine distribution center for its customers and has already purchased special ultra-cold freezers in anticipation of storing Pfizer vaccine vials.
‘They wanted it yesterday’
Dr David Nazarian, MD of MyConculture in Beverly Hills, said many of his A-list clients were contacting him, saying it would not matter if he got them vaccinated early.
“They wanted it yesterday,” Nazarene said. “We will play by the rules but we are doing our best to protect and distribute the vaccine when it becomes available to us.”
Dr. Abe Malkin, founder of Conway MD LA, said he has received the most phone calls from people trying to gain early access to the initial dose.
“I would say 5 to 10 percent of them were willing to try to make a small contribution to charity to get themselves bumped into the line,” says Malkin.
Malkin’s practice has also applied to become a vaccine distributor, but is focusing on a new FDA-authorized moderne vaccine, which will be easier to administer because it does not require temperature storage like Pfizer dosage.
When it comes to cutting the line, California Governor Gavin News has warned that the state will be “very aggressive” to ensure that influential people, who are most eligible for the vaccine, do not come out.
“People who think they can move the line, and those who think because they have the resources, or have relationships that will let them do it. We’ll look at it, very, very closely,” Newsme said this month.
“We will prioritize, and we expect, that the health care delivery system is based on the same ethical standard of truly prioritizing everyone, which is most needed. And the real heroes of this epidemic are front line health care workers, and those who know it. That is what we must protect, and we must prioritize moving forward. “
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