People in the southwest Sydney suburb of Campsie, where there are high rates of COVID-19 transmission, have paid hundreds of dollars to be vaccinated.
Residents in southwest Sydney have been charged hundreds of dollars to receive the Pfizer vaccine, despite government rules that it should be free.
The Malaysian woman, who works as a tiler, said she did not want to wait months to get the Pfizer vaccine given the high rates of virus transmission where she lives.The woman is on a bridging visa and does not have Medicare. She says her colleagues, also Malaysian citizens on temporary visas, have been vaccinated in the same way."It's not fair, it should be free," she said.Blessed Health Care has two clinics in Campsie administering Pfizer.
The item description is either a"new patient registration fee" or a"Level C Surgery" - a Medicare item for a long consultation. The department's web page states that the consult appointment for patients to receive the vaccination is free. Dr Ang said he has been overwhelmed with"hundreds and hundreds" of people turning up as word has spread among the local community.
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