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Doctors at Cayuga Health receive first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Cayuga Health says a number of its doctors have received the COVID-19 vaccine.
The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer was given to Dr. Keith Lambert, ER Physician, Kate Rosa, RN, and Dr. Sushilkumar Satish Gupta, Pulmonologist/Critical Care Specialist, as well as others.
The frontline providers received the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine, as part of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s first phase of vaccine distribution.
“We are pleased to be able to offer the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine to our frontline workers at this time,” said Martin Stallone, President & CEO of Cayuga Health. “We know this is only the beginning of this fast-evolving process and we will remain diligent by doing our part for our own health care providers and within the community during the fight against this global pandemic.”
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ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) – A handful of doctors and nurses at Cayuga Health are among the first in Tompkins County to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
The inoculations fall in line with Governor Cuomo’s phased approach regarding vaccine distribution and administration. In Phase I, supplies are limited to those that may be most at risk, including frontline, patient-facing healthcare providers.
Cayuga Med President and CEO Dr. Marty Stallone says “We are pleased to be able to offer the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine to our frontline workers at this time. And we know this is only the beginning of this fast-evolving process.”