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The Dublin hospital "deeply regrets" it but they would have been "discarded" had they not been used.

news Apology after hospital staff relatives get jabs The Irish health minister will be seeking a "full account" after leftover vaccines were given to some relatives of staff at a Dublin hospital. Stephen Donnelly said the incident, on 8 January at Coombe Maternity Hospital, "should not have happened". The hospital said that by 21:00 local time that day there were 16 vaccine doses left after 1,100 staff, GPs and health workers were vaccinated. A spokesperson said the doses would have been discar...

Dublin hospital gave leftover vaccines to 16 relatives of staff Two children of Master of Coombe maternity hospital understood to be among those vaccinated Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 22:06 Updated: Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 22:33 The Coombe said it followed Government guidelines on the day and focused on the two current priority groups. Photograph: Alan Betson   The master of the Coombe maternity hospital in Dublin has apologised after it emerged the hospital gave Covid-19 vaccines to 16 family mem...

Covid-19 vaccine doses were given to 16 family members of the Coombe’s hospital staff

Two family members of health staff at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin have received Covid-19 vaccines, it was confirmed today.

Hospital Master Professor Michael OConnell said that the doses were administered to family members to ensure they would not be discarded. He added that he now regrets giving the vaccines to staff family members. "The decision to use the vaccines that had already been made up was made to ensure that not a single reconstituted vaccine was wasted," he said. "Had they not been used they would have been discarded. I was keenly aware of that and throughout the evening and from 9.30pm onward I person...

The Coombe Hospital in Dublin gave leftover vaccine doses to family members of its staff.The Hea...

Leftover vaccines in the Coombe hospital have been given to family members of staff.

Two Dublin maternity hospitals have confirmed they administered vaccines to non-staff members and say it was because there were doses which would have been discarded if not used on the day.

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