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.
First staff members at Tullamore Hospital receive Covid-19 vaccinations
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Stephen DeRighetti, Enhanced General Nurse getting the vaccine from his colleague Neil Perry, Clinical Skills Facilitator Emergency Department );
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Covid-19 vaccinations for staff commenced on Wednesday at the Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore (MRHT) with plans to deliver the first dose of the vaccine to all staff in the coming weeks.
A peer vaccination team of up to 19 nurses will vaccinate staff Monday to Saturday ensuring that all personnel are protected in a planned and timely way.
Stephen DeRighetti, Enhanced General Nurse became the first person in Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore to be vaccinated with the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine against COVID-19. He was vaccinated by his colleague Neil Perry, Clinical Skills Facilitator Emergency Department. You can watch Stephen’s message here after he received the vaccine.
Covid-19 frontline staff vaccination underway at Laois, Offaly and Kildare hospitals
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Stephen DeRighetti, Enhanced General Nurse became the first person in Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore to be vaccinated. Neil Perry, Clinical Skills Facilitator Emergency Department. );
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Covid-19 vaccination gets underway this week in Laois, Kildare and Offaly hospitals as the campaign ramps up to protect frontline workers from infection during the rampant third wave.
The HSE s Dublin Midland Hospital Group oversees the running of hospitals in Portlaoise, Naas, Tullamore as well as St James s Tallaght and the Coomb hospitals in Dublin.
It outlined the progress and plans for the roll-out of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine.
Covid-19 frontline staff vaccination to start this week at Naas Hospital
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Covid-19 vaccination gets underway this week in Kildare, Laois and Offaly hospitals as the campaign ramps up to protect frontline workers from infection during the rampant third wave.
The HSE s Dublin Midland Hospital Group oversees the running of hospitals in Portlaoise, Naas, Tullamore as well as St James s Tallaght and the Coomb hospitals in Dublin.
It outlined the progress and plans for the roll-out of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine. The Dublin Midlands Hospital Group is very pleased to see the continued roll-out of this vaccine in our hospitals following the first vaccine in St James s Hospital. We have been extensively planning with Hospitals and their vaccination teams to coordinate the supply of the available vaccine and ensure all frontline staff within the Hospital Group can be vaccinated in a timely way.