"This has been particularly challenging," Sauls said. The office, which serves a significant Medicaid and Indigenous population, will make samples primarily available for those who would need help from a local women, infants and children, or WIC, office, but may not have yet registered with them.
They must be choosy about who gets a sample, typically one or two cans of formula. John in Tulsa, Oklahoma, said her office hasn't been stocked up in a while. Courtney Sauls, a pediatrician with health care provider Ascension St. Such cans are often smaller than what's sold in stores.ĭr. The office doesn't pick and choose which families it helps, Isaza added, but provides sample cans of Similac and Gerber products on a first-come, first-served basis. We don't have that luxury anymore," said Katherine Isaza, an office manager at KidzCare Pediatrics in Charlotte, North Carolina, a city where the formula shortage has been particularly acute. "We used to be more open to giving them three, four, maybe even six cans of samples.
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