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UHL Triage Nurse First Staff Member To Receive COVID Vaccine

A triage nurse in the region’s main hospital has become UHL’s first staff member to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Rosaleen O Brien, who works in University Hospital Limerick’s emergency department, received the jab from Dr Catherine Motherway of the Intensive Care unit.

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The HSE says the rollout of the vaccine to healthcare workers and nursing homes is being escalated this week following the delivery a further 40,000 doses two days ahead of schedule.

Ms O Brien says she feels privileged to have been the first UHL staff member to be administered the vaccine.

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