Arrested pharmacist who sabotaged 500 doses

Published on: 01/01/2021 7:14 PM

The pharmacist who had been fired in recent days by the local hospital for leaving 57 vials of the Covid Moderna vaccine out of the refrigerator was arrested by police in Grafton, Wisconsin. According to the researchers, in fact, the man would have done it “knowing that in this way they would no longer be usable” and, therefore, sabotaging more than 500 doses of the vaccine.

Police reported yesterday that the man gave Aurora Medical Center a written statement claiming he acted intentionally by removing the vials from the refrigerator not only on the morning of December 26 for a few hours, but also at night. between December 24 and 25. Now it is feared that the 57 vaccines carried out last Saturday, before the problem was discovered and all the committed doses were eliminated, could prove ineffective.

Therefore, the man who was arrested now runs the risk of being accused of endangering lives, as well as damaging medical equipment. Hospital leaders are working with Moderna and the FDA to determine a strategy to use with people who received the 57 doses that may have been damaged by being out of the refrigerator.

“We are more than angry that the actions of this individual will cause a delay in the vaccination of more than 500 people,” they conclude from the hospital.