Providence says software glitch excluded some providers from COVID-19 vaccine
A group of physicians reached out to KREM 2 saying they were concerned about how the vaccine was being distributed. Author: Whitney Ward, Kaitlin Riordan Published: 5:39 PM PST December 18, 2020 Updated: 6:04 PM PST December 18, 2020
SPOKANE, Wash A group of independent Spokane physicians are raising concerns about how the first round of the coronavirus vaccine is being distributed.
Several of them, who wished to remain anonymous, sent a statement to KREM 2’s Whitney Ward. As healthcare workers of the Spokane community, not employed by Providence, we were not included in the first round of vaccinations despite our high-risk stratification, they said in the statement.