65 and over and people 16 and over with medical conditions that could put them at risk for severe illness. >> i survived 2020. >> he said mom, you could have been in the emergency room with me or the icu and seen all the people i have put to sleep, paralyzed, intubated, you would run to get this vaccination. >> reporter: big pharmacy chains like cvs and walgreens contracted with the federal government to help distribute vaccines, but those chains aren't always in rural communities, leaving independent pharmacies to fill in the gaps with both access to quality care and factual education on vaccinations. he says they're doing 50 shots a day until they run out. >> i called my own doctor. they aren't giving the shots, so i tried some of the local big chain pharmacies. they're not giving the shots.

>> reporter: bill haines is over 65, diabetic and hopeful the vaccine will make a swift impact. >> i'm going to be happy to be able to see people smile. >> reporter: within eight hours of opening up appointments for vaccinations, he says all 500 were booked. of the more than 377,000 vaccines that have been given out here in texas, more than 56,000 have been given inside pharmacies of all sizes. hawford believes however that small pharmacies will continue to play a big role in the distribution system, which is why he asked pharmacy students certified in administering the vaccine to come in and help with the demand. the slow covid vaccine rollout means many americans will have to wait months for their shots. but in other parts of the world, the wait could be years. a handful of rich countries, including the u.s. and canada, have already contracted to buy more than half of the available

supply of vaccine. elizabeth palmer reports. >> reporter: every morning, new covid victims arrive at tehran's main cemetery. the bodies are disinfected before grieving families lay them to rest. across the developing world, the pandemic has hit hard, with over half a million dead and no access to vaccines rich countries have locked up. >> how balanced is the distribution of the vaccines globally at the moment? >> the country like canada has more than ten doses per capita. big parts of the poorest countries in the world have not secured a single dose yet. >> reporter: in tel aviv, overjoyed staff welcome their first vaccine. israel is aiming to vaccinate its entire population by march, before most african countries can even get started. the oxford-astrazeneca vaccine

just approved here in the uk could be a game changer, cheap, easy to transport and to store, it looks like it might be the answer for billions of people in the developing world. but the rollout will take time. and until it's well underway, we're all vulnerable. >> we know that countries aren't safe unless everybody in the world is safe. we have to protect everybody. >> reporter: global immunization will give us back safe travel, healthy economies and a return to normal. but epidemiologists say probably not before 2023. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. in other medical news, a cbs news investigation found that many doctors who caused their patients harm are not facing discipline. and some appear to be repeat offenders. according to national sta tis ecs, less than 2% of doctors account for more than half of all malpractice payments.

as part of a year long investigation, jim axelrod went to under iindiana to examine wh in the field told us, state medical boards are protecting doctors instead of patients. >> i had never seen that much activity in a room after a surgery, something medically just wasn't right. >> jeremy payne is describing spinal surgery his 46-year-old mother regina bruce had in 2008 after she had been rear ended in a car accident. at the same hospital, dawn bell's father, thomas cox, went in for a spinal fusion. during the procedure, dawn told us the surgeon had a problem. >> during the surgery, he got sick. >> who got sick? >> the doctor. >> were you and your mom looking at each other like what is going on here? >> yes. we're like this -- are you serious? >> both operations were conducted by an orthopedic surgeon. the surgeries left jeremy payne's mother with her left leg

paralyzed and dawne's father with nerve damage. >> he proceeded to have probably seven more surgeries trying to correct the nerve damage. >> what is your feeling as your mom and your dad aren't quite right after surgery? >> you're second guessing what's just happened. >> thomas cox and regina bruce both reached medical malpractice settlements with the doctor. both turned to opioids to manage their pain and later died. >> it's pretty bad that people can get away with what they have in these situations. people, doctors. >> doctors are licensed by state medical boards. panels made up almost entirely of fellow physicians. we spoke with more than 100 malpractice lawyers spread out over all 50 states and heard the same thing over and over. medical boards do a good job weeding out doctors who have broken the law, but when it

comes to malpractice, when doctors injure their patients, medical boards often look the other way. we dug through state and court records and found that dr. sviabek lost privileged at two indiana hospitals after concerns of care and honesty and truthfulness. he lied about losing privilege to the indiana medical board. then there are the malpractice suits. >> he settled five suits over the decade, the most of any orthopedic surgeon in the state of indiana. i don't know if you're awater of that. >> had no idea. >> are there dangerous doctors practicing in indiana? >> absolutely. >> tina bell is an attorney in indianapolis. she's been involved in cases against dr. svabek. >> we have a cloud of secrecy archd the medical profession. >> is it possible to get in

trouble and maintain your license? >> absolutely, absolutely. >> bell has worked both sides of the street. she spent more than a decade representing hospitals and insurance companies before moving to patients. >> is the medical board protecting patients or protecting doctors? >> i would say protecting doctors. >> you're telling me a doctor can make a mistake three, four, five times and it doesn't affect their license? >> those are the doctors that worry me and those are not the doctors that i'm seeing getting reprimands from the medical licensing board. so, there is a gap where they're falling through the cracks somehow here in indiana. >> we wrote to dr. svabek asking for an interview and never heard back. so, our producer found him where he's now practicing in florida. >> you had disciplinary action here in florida about operating on a wrong hip that we saw. >> no. that's not true. >> that's not true? >> no, sir. i have to go.

>> we got our information from the department of health, where records show that since relocating to florida, dr. svabek has been sanctioned three times, including for operating on a patient's right hip instead of his left. his penalty, a fine of $7,500. >> as you might imagine, we had a bunch of questions for the indiana medical board. after declining our request for an interview, we caught up with the doctor who serves as the chairman of that board. you'll want to overspending on a retinol cream? just one jar of olay retinol24 hydrates better than the $100 retinol cream. for smooth, bright skin or your money back. olay. face anything. and try new retinol24 max. because i want to be a part of something amazing. - i know my gift to shriners hospitals for children

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it's never too early to start thinking about baseball. puchers and catchers report to spring training in about six weeks, and although there are a lot of uncertainties about the upcoming season, there's one thing you can probably count on, a lot of cardboard cutouts in the stands. here's nancy chen. ? driven to right field. >> reporter: while the support from baseball fans was rather two dimensional as games closed to spectators last season, it never fell flat. their replacements, cardboard cutouts. fans bought them to stand in their place nationwide. the mugs sometimes garnering mixed reactions at rival stadiums, like a less than warm greeting from philly's mascot

fanatic. the pinch hitters included plenty of furry faces. >> the all pet section is in here at the coliseum. >> and familiar ones too. tom hanks returned to the home of the oakland a's where he once worked as awe teenager, the actor recording his voice to play over the speakers. >> hot dog here, hot dog! >> team president says fans also recreated favorite memories. >> people had loved ones that had passed away and they actually had a cutout of them made and they were sitting there watching the same with them like 20 or 30 years ago. it shows how baseball and sports can bring people together, especially in times of crisis. >> fans sometimes got to keep the balls that hit their cutouts. a player's pet had a close encounter. >> he cut the pooch right in the snout. >> reporter: the cutouts did more than just raise spirits.

the mlb says teams participating d donating money to local charities. in chicago white sox fan paul garrett sent a message at the season opener with 100 cutouts of himself. >> yelling at the twins which is something i like to do because anybody who's a white sox fan knows how we feel. >> the self-described die hard grew up going to the games with his dad and hasn't missed a season opener in 15 years. >> technically speaking does this mean you kept your streak going? i'll say it keeps the streak >> hitting home runs on the field and off. >> nancy chen, cbs news, new york. and that's the overnight news for this tuesda. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for cbs this morning and follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's reporting from the nation's capitol, i'm chip reid. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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