The machine is being used to perform ECGs on babies born prematurely and those needing extra care. An ECG machine records the electrical activity of the heart and diagnoses and monitors the treatment of cardiac conditions. Karen Jones, senior nurse neonates, said the unit was extremely grateful for the donations to Hywel Dda Health Charities that have made the purchase of an ECG machine possible. “We regularly undertake electrocardiograms on premature and new-born babies admitted to the unit,” she said. “The machine can communicate wirelessly and stores ECG results electronically, giving better access to data for medical teams. The speedy, accurate readings mean early plans of care can be formulated.”
Plan are being stepped up to roll out Covid-19 vaccines across the Hywel Dda region. PICTURE: John Cairns/University of Oxford/PA Wire THE over-80s population in the Hywel Dda health board region has started to receive vaccinations to protect them against Covid-19 as the first Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines have been delivered by GP practices in west Wales this week. To date, more than 10,000 vaccines have been delivered in the Hywel Dda area since December and from next week, 14 surgeries across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire will be providing the vaccine locally to people aged 80 and over. Work is ongoing in conjunction with primary care colleagues, so that by mid-January many more GP practices across the three counties will be calling patients in for the vaccine, as well as providing vaccination for more care home residents as well patients who are housebound.
HEALTH chiefs have condemned as deplorable an online claim that a west Wales nurse has died after a Covid jab. The allegation is understood to refer to a nurse in Llanelli and was made on social media earlier today, Friday January 8. In a statement on their Facebook page, Hywel Dda University Health Board said it was aware of a disgraceful story circulating online claiming the death of one of our nurses after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination. The post continued: It is utterly irresponsible and deplorable for such false information to be spread about our staff. Vaccines are safe and effective and save lives!
Nurse Who Got COVID After First Vaccine Dose Had False Sense of Security
On 1/8/21 at 12:52 PM EST
A nurse who tested positive for COVID-19 after receiving her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine has said the shot gave her a false sense of security.
The nurse, who works for Britain s National Health Service in the Hywel Dda University Health Board area of Wales, told the BBC she received one dose of the vaccine last month.
But three weeks after the first shot before receiving the second one the nurse, who wished to remain anonymous, began to experience quite severe symptoms, including a bad cough, high temperature and breathlessness.
Three weeks later she began suffering Covid-19 symptoms and tested positive
Experts have warned that it takes time for immunity to Covid-19 to build up
The Pfizer vaccine offers up to 95 percent protection against Covid-19
A nurse in Wales caught coronavirus three weeks after getting the vaccine, prompting experts to warn that it takes time for immunity to the virus to build up.
The nurse, who has been working for the Hywel Dda University Health Board area, said that she contracted Covid-19 while waiting for the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech developed vaccine.
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While the vaccine reduces your chance of suffering, the health board said, no vaccine is 100 percent effective.