A Harris County Public Health doctor is being charged with Theft by a Public Servant, for taking a vial of COVID-19 vaccine, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced January 21. Dr. Hasan Gokal stole the vial that contained nine doses while working at the county vaccination site at Lyndsay Lyons Park, in Humble, on Dec. 29, 2020. A week later, he told a fellow Harris County Public Health employee, who then reported him to supervisors. Mishandling vaccine can result in a loss of government funding to the county, according to Harris County Public Health, which first investigated the matter. The doctor was fired. “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,” Ogg said. “What he did was illegal and he’ll be held accountable under the law.”
