Sen. Bob Casey, D-6th, and Congresswoman Susan Wild, D-7th, recently visited the Simulation Center at St. Luke’s University Hospital, Bethlehem, to learn about St. Luke’s COVID-19 response, community vaccination rates and some of the network’s innovative and historic firsts to combat the pandemic.

Dr. Jeffrey Jahre, senior vice president of Medical and Academic Affairs, and Rajika Reed, vice president of Community Health, delivered presentations and answered questions along with Carol Kuplen, president of St. Luke’s University Hospital, and Megan Augustine, network director of the Simulation Center.

In its response to COVID-19, St. Luke’s achieved superior clinical results through innovation, for example, establishing the state’s first monoclonal antibody therapy clinic, pioneering home-monitoring technology and using 3D printing to manufacture protective masks.

Throughout the winter and spring, St. Luke’s vaccinated 3,000 people a day, seven days a week at 10 locations.

To date, the network has administered more than 360,000 vaccines.