For Seniors Who Can t Drive to COVID Vaccine Appointments, NH City Worker Offers a Lift Katherine Underwood
Brinn Sullivan in her Portsmouth, New Hampshire, city van
While the coronavirus vaccine rollout is going relatively smoothly in New Hampshire, one city is finding that its older residents are struggling to find transportation to their vaccine appointments.
A Portsmouth city worker will now transport any of the city’s 3,500 seniors who need help getting to their vaccine appointment.
Brinn Sullivan, the city s senior services supervisor, doesn’t normally take people to medical appointments, but these aren t normal times.
“The fear I hear in people’s voices when they call is real,” Sullivan said Friday.
Updated on January 29, 2021 at 7:45 pm
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While the coronavirus vaccine rollout is going relatively smoothly in New Hampshire, one city is finding that its older residents are struggling to find transportation to their vaccine appointments.
A Portsmouth city worker will now transport any of the city’s 3,500 seniors who need help getting to their vaccine appointment.
Brinn Sullivan, the city s senior services supervisor, doesn’t normally take people to medical appointments, but these aren t normal times.
“The fear I hear in people’s voices when they call is real,” Sullivan said Friday.
She started helping seniors book their vaccine appointments last week and quickly learned that the state’s two closest vaccination sites are about 20 minutes away.