Nurse Cindy Morga is first staff member to get Covid jab at Naas Hospital
Vacination roll out underway in Kildare
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Staff Nurse Cindy Morga is vaccinated with the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 by colleague Maeve Fitzgerald, Clinical Nurse Manager Health and Wellbeing );
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Staff nurse Cindy Morga was the first person in Naas General Hospital to be vaccinated today with the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine against COVID-19.
She was vaccinated by her colleague Maeve Fitzgerald, Clinical Nurse Manager Health and Wellbeing.
Staff vaccinations started today at the hospital with plans to deliver the first dose of the vaccine to all staff. A peer vaccination team of up to seven nurses will vaccinate staff from Monday to Saturday ensuring that all personnel are protected in a planned and timely way.
A woman who has been cocooning since the start of the pandemic has spoken of her disappointment after urgent hip replacement surgery was delayed for a fourth time.
Katherine Murtagh (24) has an autoimmune condition called systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis and has had surgery appointments cancelled due to the Covid-19 situation.
The artist, who lives in Tullamore, Co Offaly, spent Christmas alone to protect herself from the virus but she said it was upsetting to see friends posting pictures of house parties on New Year’s Eve.
Ms Murtagh started studying art and design at Galway Technical Institute in 2019 but had to leave due to the toll it was taking on her body.
Covid-19 cases rise into double figures at Portlaoise hospital as ICU fills up
Laois hospital the busiest Dublin Midlands Hospital Group facility outside the capital
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The number of people with Covid-19 in the care of the frontline staff at Portlaoise hospital has risen into double figures with some of those patients critically ill with the virus, according to the latest HSE figures.
Pandemic staff at the Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise were treating 11 patients by 8 pm Tuesday, December 5 following the admission of three new cases since Sunday according to the latest HSE Covid-19 Daily Operations Update for Acute Hospitals.
Covid-19 frontline staff vaccination underway at Laois, Offaly and Kildare hospitals
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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.