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Published: 08 July 2021
PHILIPSBURG: - On July 7, 2021, Minister Ottley visited the Mental Health Foundation with his cabinet members Johnnie Richardson and Richenell Hanley. Also present were Dr. Felix Holiday president of the board, Arno Peels Treasurer, Dr. Hoencamp Psychiatrist, Sandro Garcia Finance and Operational director, and Eileen Healy projects.
They were given a presentation of the foundation, containing the history since 2006, the developments, and the current needs and plans. MHF has based its future plans on the needs of its patients. Patients and family’s needs are based on the data collected since 2006. In mental health care, family and caregivers support are also extremely important, and on a regular basis, meetings are held with them.
Dr Kalisvar Marimuthu has been priming his loved ones over the last three months for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Singapore s first and only approved Covid-19 vaccine.
And yesterday, his anticipation of the momentous event came to fruition when the 43-year-old senior consultant at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) rolled up his sleeve as the second Singaporean to receive the jab, at NCID s Day Treatment Centre. I m feeling good and lucky. feeling a bit emotional because the vaccine is potentially a game changer, Dr Kalisvar, who manages suspected and confirmed Covid-19 cases, told reporters after his injection. It has been a long journey for us to reach here, it has been tough for all of us. Vaccines have brought pandemics to their knees in the past, he said, adding that he hoped history would repeat itself.
12 Senior staff nurse Sarah Lim of Singapore s National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) receives a Covid-19 vaccination, administered by senior staff nurse Kho Wei Lian (left), at the NCID Day Treatment Centre in Singapore, as the city state began its vaccination exercise with the first batch of healthcare workers on Wednesday. (Photo by Kevin LIM / The Straits Times / AFP)
SINGAPORE: Singapore began vaccinating healthcare workers with Pfizer-BioNTech s Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday, kicking off one of Asia s first inoculation programmes against a pandemic that has killed more than 1.7 million people globally.
Sarah Lim, a 46-year-old nurse, and 43-year-old infectious diseases doctor Kalisvar Marimuthu were among the more than 30 staff at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases who were vaccinated on Wednesday, the health ministry said.