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Nurse only found out 30mins before jab she would become first healthcare worker in Ireland to get Covid-19 vaccine
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Updated: 29 Dec 2020, 22:05
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CLINICAL nurse manager Bernie Waterhouse only found out 30 minutes before her jab that she would become the first healthcare worker in Ireland to receive the vaccine.
The Blackrock woman, who works in a designated Covid-19 ward at St James’s, said she was “happy to take part in such a historical moment” and hopes that the vaccine will help save lives.
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Waterhouse hopes the vaccine will save livesCredit: www.marcosullivan.ie
Speaking to the Irish Sun following the jab, Bernie admitted she was surprised to find herself first in line, explaining: “I had planned to get it as one of the 500 that will be vaccinated in James’s over the next two days.
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Speaking today, Annie said: “I feel very privileged to be the first person in Ireland to receive the vaccine. Like everyone else I have been waiting for the vaccine and I really feel like there is a bit of hope there now. It’s brilliant that it’s here. Everything was explained very clearly to me beforehand.”
Clinical Nurse Manager Deborah Cross administered the first Covid-19 vaccine to Ms Lynch.
Sharing a picture of the moment on Twitter, HSE Chief Clinical Office Dr Colm Henry said: “CNM Deborah Cross administers first vaccine in Ireland to the inspirational Annie Lynch from the Liberties in St James’ Hospital today.”
Annie Lynch received the vaccine at St James’s Hospital in Dublin.
It was the first Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 jab to be administered at four hospitals across the country: St James’s and Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, Cork University Hospital and University Hospital Galway.
Mrs Lynch said: “I feel very privileged to be the first person in Ireland to receive the vaccine.
“Like everyone else I have been waiting for the vaccine and I really feel like there is a bit of hope there now. It’s brilliant that it’s here. Everything was explained very clearly to me beforehand.”
Mrs Lynch, who lives in Drimnagh and was born in Christchurch, grew up in The Liberties.