Texas doctor fired for using leftover Covid-19 vaccine.. to too many individuals with 'Indian' sounding names."

[Spartan]

A Texas public health doctor fired earlier this year for using leftover doses of Covid-19 vaccine on eligible individuals is suing Harris County for $1 million, saying he was fired for giving "the vaccine to too many individuals with 'Indian' sounding names."

Dr. Hasan Gokal was charged with theft by a public servant but a Harris County grand jury declined to indict him, according to Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg's office.

Gokal was a medical advisor for Harris County Public Health (HCPH) and was involved with the county's first distribution of the vaccine on December 29, 2020, according to the lawsuit filed in Harris County Tuesday.

 

The vaccination distribution site Gokal was supervising shut down with 10 doses of Covid-19 vaccine left in an already-opened vial. Gokal first asked people at the site if they wanted to be vaccinated, according to the lawsuit, but most had already received the vaccine.

 

Gokal then called a superior at HCPH and informed them he was going to find people to give the vaccine to, and the superior affirmed his decision, the lawsuit said.

 

The doctor then contacted as many people as he could to find eligible recipients for the leftover doses, the lawsuit said.

 

"I did what any physician would do, which is take resources meant for patients and people and give it to them instead of throwing them away. And that's why it was so infuriating," Gokal said, according to a statement from his attorney's office.

 

His attorney at the time, Paul Doyle, said Gokal vaccinated several eligible individuals, including his wife, who had an underlying medical condition, after another person who was going to receive the vaccine suddenly said he was unavailable, CNN reported earlier this year.

 

Gokal was told by HCPH Human Resources that he "did not 'equitably' distribute the vaccine and that Dr. Gokal gave the vaccine to too many individuals with 'Indian' sounding names," the lawsuit says.

 

HCPH also told Gokal he "should have instead thrown the vaccines away," according to the lawsuit.

 

"It's very clear that if he had vaccinated people named Anderson, Smith and Jones he would have been called a hero and not have been fired, charged, vilified and brought before a grand jury that thankfully refused to indict him," Gokal's attorney Joe Ahmad said in the statement.

 

HCPH "violated" Gokal's rights "by discharging and otherwise discriminating against him on the basis of his South Asian race and Pakistani national origin," the lawsuit states.

"Gokal has not only suffered lost wages and back and front pay, but other pecuniary losses, emotional pain, suffering, mental anguish and loss of enjoyment of life," the lawsuit says.

CNN has contacted the Harris County Attorney's Office for comment but did not hear back. Harris County Public Health said they are not commenting on the lawsuit.

[Spartan]

atta kottinanduku kaadu....ada paduchu navvinanduku badhesindanta....edavalaki... 

[Telugodura456]

just 10 vaccines ke fire chesara ?

[no01]

aina vaccines waste avthunnai ane kada he used it...that too he informed his superior. and his point seems valid, thellodiki ichunte hero ane vallu...that he didn't waste any vaccine ani. 

[AndhraneedSCS]

I think he will get $1 Million.

[summer27]

he did good thing..btw, he is pakistani..

[JackSeal]

3 minutes ago, summer27 said:

he did good thing..btw, he is pakistani..

thanks man … otherwise we would have supported him

[Telugodura456]

Aina as a foreign minority you are more likely to be suspected. I have some seen some desis do reverse now - they wont recruit other desis deliberately to prove they are fair.

Thats why develop your own ancestrol places ra jaffas. You can live like kings among your relatives. These migrations are not for evveryone,

[tennisluvrredux]

37 minutes ago, Telugodura456 said:

Aina as a foreign minority you are more likely to be suspected. I have some seen some desis do reverse now - they wont recruit other desis deliberately to prove they are fair.

Thats why develop your own ancestrol places ra jaffas. You can live like kings among your relatives. These migrations are not for evveryone,

Migrations at the end of the day end up making us live in a legal system that they built, for their own welfare. But the problem is, even our ancestral places have copied Western models blindly without keeping in mind the local complexities and vagaries which is why they don't function efficiently. 

Proper encouragement and research needs to be done to develop our places on par with keeping in mind the local factors

[hydusguy]

1 hour ago, Spartan said:

A Texas public health doctor fired earlier this year for using leftover doses of Covid-19 vaccine on eligible individuals is suing Harris County for $1 million, saying he was fired for giving "the vaccine to too many individuals with 'Indian' sounding names."

Dr. Hasan Gokal was charged with theft by a public servant but a Harris County grand jury declined to indict him, according to Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg's office.

Gokal was a medical advisor for Harris County Public Health (HCPH) and was involved with the county's first distribution of the vaccine on December 29, 2020, according to the lawsuit filed in Harris County Tuesday.

 

The vaccination distribution site Gokal was supervising shut down with 10 doses of Covid-19 vaccine left in an already-opened vial. Gokal first asked people at the site if they wanted to be vaccinated, according to the lawsuit, but most had already received the vaccine.

 

Gokal then called a superior at HCPH and informed them he was going to find people to give the vaccine to, and the superior affirmed his decision, the lawsuit said.

 

The doctor then contacted as many people as he could to find eligible recipients for the leftover doses, the lawsuit said.

 

"I did what any physician would do, which is take resources meant for patients and people and give it to them instead of throwing them away. And that's why it was so infuriating," Gokal said, according to a statement from his attorney's office.

 

His attorney at the time, Paul Doyle, said Gokal vaccinated several eligible individuals, including his wife, who had an underlying medical condition, after another person who was going to receive the vaccine suddenly said he was unavailable, CNN reported earlier this year.

 

Gokal was told by HCPH Human Resources that he "did not 'equitably' distribute the vaccine and that Dr. Gokal gave the vaccine to too many individuals with 'Indian' sounding names," the lawsuit says.

 

HCPH also told Gokal he "should have instead thrown the vaccines away," according to the lawsuit.

 

"It's very clear that if he had vaccinated people named Anderson, Smith and Jones he would have been called a hero and not have been fired, charged, vilified and brought before a grand jury that thankfully refused to indict him," Gokal's attorney Joe Ahmad said in the statement.

 

HCPH "violated" Gokal's rights "by discharging and otherwise discriminating against him on the basis of his South Asian race and Pakistani national origin," the lawsuit states.

"Gokal has not only suffered lost wages and back and front pay, but other pecuniary losses, emotional pain, suffering, mental anguish and loss of enjoyment of life," the lawsuit says.

CNN has contacted the Harris County Attorney's Office for comment but did not hear back. Harris County Public Health said they are not commenting on the lawsuit.

easy money for him .  hope common sense prevails

[Raven_Rayes]

4 hours ago, Telugodura456 said:

Aina as a foreign minority you are more likely to be suspected. I have some seen some desis do reverse now - they wont recruit other desis deliberately to prove they are fair.

Thats why develop your own ancestrol places ra jaffas. You can live like kings among your relatives. These migrations are not for evveryone,

 

Every place has ethnonationalist scum like you who tries to sell dreams that are unachievable in exchange for power or social capital.

You go back to Andhra first before asking others to.

In an upcoming age of genetic modifications, losers still talking your place, my place like fcuking cavemen. Better to leave these losers behind. World belongs to everyone. If you are too scared to fight for your rights in the place you live in, just fcuk off.

[Raven_Rayes]

4 hours ago, tennisluvrredux said:

 

Proper encouragement and research needs to be done to develop our places on par with keeping in mind the local factors

There's no 'our' place. If there was, we wouldn't have left it for anything.

Some people want to have the cake and eat it too. Live in the liberal West and encourage folks back home to get more territorial. 

 

[Telugodura456]

3 minutes ago, Raven_Rayes said:

 

Every place has ethnonationalist scum like you who tries to sell dreams that are unachievable in exchange for power or social capital.

You go back to Andhra first before asking others to.

In an upcoming age of genetic modifications, losers still talking your place, my place like fcuking cavemen. Better to leave these losers behind. World belongs to everyone. If you are too scared to fight for your rights in the place you live in, just fcuk off.

blah blah blah - yem sodhi idhi. Narsi gaadu edho aggro tho vasthadu - malla few posts avvagance chivaatlu thini 10gesthadu.

[Raven_Rayes]

4 minutes ago, Telugodura456 said:

blah blah blah - yem sodhi idhi. Narsi gaadu edho aggro tho vasthadu - malla few posts avvagance chivaatlu thini 10gesthadu.

 

Nuvvu velli king laaga ancestral place lo bathakatam chetha Kaaka ikkada chinchukuntunnav.

Daaniki nannem cheyyamantunnav. Lol

[Telugodura456]

5 minutes ago, Raven_Rayes said:

There's no 'our' place. If there was, we wouldn't have left it for anything.

Some people want to have the cake and eat it too. Live in the liberal West and encourage folks back home to get more territorial. 

 

terrotirial endhira narsi. Did i say prevent immigrants to india ? burra mokal lo vuntadhi. I have never seen a dumb fellow with your level of confidence ra narsi - they tend to be a little humble. this forum allows you that. every other place you are banned.