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Philly hospitals care for thousands of suburban patients but can't give them COVID-19 vaccines.


Philly hospitals care for thousands of suburban patients but can’t give them COVID-19 vaccines.
Aubrey Whelan, Jason Laughlin, Justine McDaniel, The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Penn Medicine is able to participate in community vaccination clinics, like this one on Saturday at the School of the Future in West Philadelphia on Saturday, But it can t offer doses to its patients who live in the suburbs due to allocation rules. Local lawmakers say the state must do more to help suburban patients who get their health care in the city.
Hundreds of thousands of patients who receive treatment for high-risk conditions like cancer and diabetes at Philadelphia hospitals are unable to receive the COVID-19 vaccine from the doctors who care for them, simply because they don’t live in the city. ....

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