Bantry General Hospital rolls out vaccine; Nursing home programme accelerated
The HSE confirmed to West Cork TD Christopher O’Sullivan that vaccinations at Bantry General Hospital would commence today. AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin.
Breda Graham
Almost 500 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine have arrived at Bantry General Hospital.
The HSE confirmed to West Cork TD Christopher O’Sullivan that vaccinations would commence for frontline staff this afternoon.
Bantry General Hospital now joins other hospitals in the Cork region that have been vaccinating healthcare workers at the forefront of the battle against Covid-19.
It comes following the news that the vaccination programme, which commenced in nursing homes in the past week will be further accelerated to deliver the first dose of vaccinations to all nursing home residents and staff over the coming two weeks.