Alice Maneval, RN, prepares to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to Dr. Shikhar Agarwal, Geisinger interventional cardiologist. Front-line staff members began receiving the first dose of the vaccine at Geisinger Medical Center on Friday.
Dr. Sara West, Geisinger gastroenterologist, receives the COVID-19 vaccine from John Bulger, D.O., Geisinger Health Plan’s chief medical officer. The first dose of the two-dose vaccine was given to front-line staff members at Geisinger Medical Center on Friday.
Dr. Vishnu Kommineni, physician hospitalist, receives the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from Alice Maneval, RN on Friday. Geisinger received about 3,000 doses of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine this week.
DANVILLE- The CEO of Geisinger Medical Center says nearly all the doses of their first round of vaccines will be given by the end of the weekend. Dr. Jaewon Ryu says the hospital started administering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Friday following a lot of planning. They have an initial distribution of 3,000 doses and many of them will be vaccinated by the end of the weekend.
“By the end of the weekend, I believe we should have about 2,100 of our employees vaccinated,” Ryu said.
The rest of the doses should be administered by the beginning of next week. Ryu says the snow did throw a little bit of a curveball but they were able to adapt quickly. He added that they expect to get doses of the Moderna vaccine next week once it is finally approved and released.
