Indiana Regional Medical Center President and CEO Steve Wolfe said the facility is ready to receive doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, but few details are available now on the distribution protocol.
In an interview on Indiana In the Morning on WCCS, Wolfe said that IRMC would receive about 975 doses of the vaccine. Wolf said that while the hospital will distribute those to front-line workers, The PA Department of Health has not provided IRMC a lot of details on community distribution.
Wolfe also said that the hospital was not notified on when they would receive the vaccine, but he expects it as soon as next week. Wolfe said they do have the equipment ready to store the vaccine.
Wolfe added that while it appears the hospital is not expected to play a role in the distribution of the vaccine to the public, they would be ready and honored to do so if they are asked.
The FDA is expected to give final approval to the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccines today, which means the vaccines could go out as soon as next Monday or Tuesday, according to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar.
You can hear the full interview here.
