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UpInArms

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 01:38 PM
Feb 2021
https://www.wavy.com/covid-19-vaccine/doctor-fired-for-giving-away-10-doses-of-covid-19-vaccine-reportedly-set-to-expire/

NEXSTAR) — A Texas doctor had just six hours to administer 10 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine was set to expire and had to be used before it went to waste.

So Dr. Hasan Gokal went to work finding people to give the vaccine out of his Houston home, including strangers and acquaintances. According to the New York Times, he gave the vaccine to two women — one in her 80s and one in her 90s, both with underlying health issues — a woman with a child who uses a ventilator and his wife, who has a pulmonary disease.

Gokal was fired for his actions, and the Harris County District Attorney’s office charged him with stealing the vaccine, worth $135.

“He abused his position to place his friends and family in line in front of people who had gone through the lawful process to be there,” Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said in a statement. “What he did was illegal, and he’ll be held accountable under the law.”

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