Call your primary care doctor first.
That s the direction patients are typically given when they re facing a non-emergency medical situation.
But in the case of securing the COVID-19 vaccine, many primary care physicians and their patients have been left in the dark.
Thousands of calls have flooded private doctors offices across Pennsylvania since the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Yet primary care physicians who aren t affiliated with hospitals are among the last in line to receive and distribute the vaccine to patients, medical leaders say.
Dr. Keith Sadel, who owns and operates a private family practice in Upper Southampton, filed his paperwork to get the vaccine for his patients and submitted the required forms two months ago.