500 staff at UHG to get COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the week
30 December 2020
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Galway Bay fm newsroom – 500 staff at University Hospital Galway are to get the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the week.
The first vaccine to be administered in Galway was at UHG yesterday, and was given to Lorna Quinn Assistant Director of Nursing.
Lorna is one of the peer vaccinators who will deliver the vaccine to UHG staff, and she herself was given the injection by her nursing colleague Michelle McNamara Nee.
The HSE says by the end of this week, over 500 staff will be vaccinated at UHG and the roll-out will continue over the coming weeks.
UHG Assistant Director of Nursing Lorna Quinn first person in Galway to receive COVID-19 vaccine as 500 doses arrive at the city facility
29 December 2020
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Galway Bay fm newsroom – Staff in University Hospital Galway were among those who received the first doses of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine administered today, Tuesday December 29
th. Lorna Quinn Assistant Director of Nursing and one of the peer vaccinators who will deliver the COVID-19 vaccine to staff based in University Hospital Galway was the first staff member in the hospital and the Saolta Group to receive the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine. Lorna received the vaccine from her UHG nursing colleague Michelle McNamara Nee.