A HealthBus client receives their Covid jab. Picture: Deborah Lamb MANY homeless people and rough sleepers attended the YMCA to receive the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. The HealthBus Trust worked with the South Coast Medical Group to invite more than 200 people to the YMCA to ensure those who otherwise wouldn’t receive the vaccine had a chance to. Dr Maggie Kirk, clinical director for the HealthBus and GP at the South Coast Medical Group, said: “We’ve set up here because it’s a venue that’s familiar to a lot of people who have been homeless or who are homeless at the moment.
MORE than 200 people who are homeless, rough sleeping, or have been temporarily housed will receive the Covid vaccine in Bournemouth. The HealthBus Trust has worked with South Coast Medical Group, BCP Council, YMCA Bournemouth, St Mungo’s, “We are with you” and the Ministry of Defence to ensure this vulnerable group of people can be protected from Covid-19. The invited people will be vaccinated in one day at the YMCA in Bournemouth. Vice chair of the HealthBus, Chris Wakefield, said: “We have been working with all these organisations and the medical practice (South Coast Medical Group). They have secured the vaccine and made sure the site is safe.
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