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Subscriber only Two of the first frontline health workers to roll up their sleeves and get the COVID-19 vaccination have expressed relief after they were earlier involved in caring for positive pandemic cases at Lismore Base Hospital. But Northern NSW Local Health District chief executive Wayne Jones said the vaccination would not be mandatory, even for frontline health workers and clinicians in the intensive care unit. On Wednesday March 17, 2021, Intensive Care Nurse Rachel Benson and Infectious Diseases Registrar Dr David Stephenson received their first of two COVID-19 vaccinations. Ms Benson and Dr Stephenson both worked on the first COVID-19 positive patients admitted to Lismore Base Hospital in 2020.
Candles burning at Selby Abbey in memory of the 10 men who died in the Great Heck train disaster CANDLES have been lit on the 20th anniversary of the Great Heck train crash for each of the 10 men who died. Each candle bore the words Never forgotten . As they were lit the names of the 10 men were read out. The candles stood on the altar of Selby Abbey during a special commemorative service attended virtually by their relatives and friends, survivors and others involved in dealing with the crash s aftermath. Among the dead were GNER train driver John Weddle and Freightliner train driver Steve Dunn.