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Jan 21, 2021 9:04 AM
“A ray of hope” is how Director of Nursing at Dungarvan Community Hospital Paula French described the arrival of HSE vaccination teams on site at the facility on Wednesday.
The hospital cares for 102 mostly long-term residents, and also provides a short stay unit, rehab unit and dementia care unit. Approximately 200 staff were also in line to receive their inoculations yesterday.
48 staff and residents of Dunabbey House, which forms part of the hospital complex, received their shots on Saturday, so in all more than 350 staff and residents have now received the first of their two injections.