Frustration with long waiting lists for the AstraZeneca vaccine in regional South Australia leads to GP clinics reporting more verbal abuse from people desperate for the jab.
Frustration with long waiting lists for the AstraZeneca vaccine in regional South Australia leads to a GP clinic reporting more abuse from people desperate for the jab.Hawkins Medical Clinic in Mount Gambier says over 900 people are waiting to receive AstraZeneca vaccineWith 7,000 over 50 years 'active category' in the region, health staff say the supply will still fall short
But over the border, just 11 kilometres away, staff at the Hawkins Medical Clinic in Mount Gambier are still grappling with an issue outside their control, with over 900 names on the waiting list. "The primary health care network only allocates the vaccine numbers to us every two weeks. So we don't know, in advance of that, how many we're going to get.Hawkins Medical Clinic in Mount Gambier is experiecing a shortfall of supply of the AstraZeneca vaccine.This 'nightmare' was far from ending with more than 7,000 people in Mount Gambier alone in the over-50 years "active category" who require the AstraZeneca vaccine.
According to Dr Milan, it has only heightened confusion from patients who are concerned about the region's proximity to Victoria.
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