Shipment confusion leaves Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center without COVID-19 vaccine
7 Eyewitness News Staff
Posted at 9:41 PM, Dec 16, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-16 22:21:18-05
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center was prepared to receive hundreds of doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week, but that shipment was instead delivered to Catholic Health.
The news was unwelcome for NFMMC s President and CEO Joseph Ruffolo, who s team announced last week that they acquired a freezer to adequately store the vaccine.
As a result, high-risk NFMMC employees who anticipated receiving the vaccine this week have been instructed to drive to Mount St. Mary s Hospital in Lewiston or Mercy Hospital in South Buffalo for the shot while Niagara Falls Memorial works with the New York State Health Department to clear up the confusion.
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Niagara Falls Memorial receives COVID-19 vaccine freezer
The center says it anticipates getting 975 doses of the vaccine next week. The freezer is a NUAIRE -86 degree Celsius (-122.8 Fahrenheit) ultra-low temp freezer. Author: Emyle Watkins Updated: 4:16 PM EST December 11, 2020
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center announced Friday that it has received the special freezer needed to store Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine.
“We are so fortunate to have ordered this piece of equipment several months ago as there is now a four or five-month backlog to place an order,” said Memorial President & CEO Joseph A. Ruffolo.
The center says it anticipates getting 975 doses of the vaccine next week. The freezer is a NUAIRE -86 degree Celsius (-122.8 Fahrenheit) ultra-low temp freezer.