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The Coombe hospital has ordered an independent review to be conducted into how family members of its staff received coronavirus vaccines.

Earlier this week it emerged that 16 family members of staff were given the vaccine after vaccinators could find no other health workers to receive leftover jabs. The hospital said that on Friday January 8 at approximately 9pm 16 vaccine doses, of the over 1,100 administered to frontline staff, GPs and local community health workers, were available and if they were not used, they would have had to have been discarded. “At that time, the HSE booking system and portal was not live, as it came o...

The hospital said 37 people, including GPs and “members of other vulnerable groups” received excess doses. At Temple Street children’s hospital, an “administrative error” was blamed for a number of staff on maternity leave receiving vaccines before other colleagues working in the hospital. The board of the Coombe hospital met on Monday night to discuss controversy around the maternity hospital administering Covid-19 vaccines to non-frontline healthcare workers, includin...

Coombe board to discuss giving of Covid-19 vaccine to 16 family members of staff Stephen Donnelly spoke to hospital chairman about controversy about leftover doses Mon, Jan 18, 2021, 11:54 Updated: Mon, Jan 18, 2021, 13:38   The board of directors of the Coombe Hospital is to discuss the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine to 16 family members of staff a meeting later on Monday. Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly spoke to chairwoman of the Dublin maternity hospital’s board Mary ...

Ministers in Ireland have asked for an investigation after spare COVID-19 vaccines were given to some relatives of staff at a Dublin maternity hospital.

The Coombe Hospital in Dublin gave leftover vaccine doses to family members of its staff including two of its Master’s children. 

Ireland Covid vaccine scandal: Health minister probes Dublin hospital who gave leftovers to 16 staff relatives While many who badly need the breakthrough vaccine urgently could be waiting months for it Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Want the latest breaking news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our free newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign Up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. ...

The hospital said 16 vaccine doses would have been discarded if they were not used that day.

The Health Minister has demanded a full explanation after the Coombe maternity hospital in Dublin gave 16 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to family members of its staff.

Share this article Health Minister Stephen Donnelly says he is seeking a full account of events, after it emerged the Coombe Hospital in Dublin gave leftover vaccine doses to family members of staff – including two of its Masters children. In a statement issued on Sunday night, Minister Donnelly said he was made aware of the situation on Friday. "Trust in the vaccine programme is of critical importance and what happened should not have happened," he said. "Our vaccine allocation strategy clea...