RD vaccination is the motto that welcomed the area of Ramón de Lara Hospital, where the long-awaited vaccination plan against the incidence of Covid-19 in the Dominican Republic began on Tuesday.
Although the day was just beginning at the above-mentioned medical center, at about 6:40 in the morning, there was already a large logistical deployment involving military and health personnel to consolidate what, according to authorities, is the key piece to be passed from covidianity ”To normal.
With great joy and applause at 7:02 AM, the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, and his entire cabinet arrived to officially begin the unprecedented event in the country.
After all those present said a prayer, sang the National Anthem and applauded the staff of the Ramón de Lara Hospital, requested by the President of the Republic, began the act of placing the first doses of vaccine in the Dominican Republic.
The president took the opportunity to point out that in the center where “it all started”, immunization will begin.
With great determination, the dignitary stated that “this nightmare is starting to end. Thanks to the full support of medical staff here and across the country, who suffered heavy losses, many members and friends of their teams died. The Dominican Republic will always thank you. “
After six minutes of Abinader’s speech, the day of the “National Vaccination Plan” for the first three elected began, this step was led by the Minister of Health, Dr. Plutarco Arias.
Along with the triage process, hand hygiene and temperature sampling, nominal registration and by completing informed consent, Colonel Ramón Familia Alcántara was the first Dominican citizen to be vaccinated in the Dominican Republic against Covid-19.
“I’m fine, I’m fine,” were Colonel Familia’s first words after receiving the first puncture; with remarkable joy, he encouraged the population to be immunized against the virus, saying that “it is the only light at the end of the tunnel”.
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The second to receive Covishield was the assimilate, Víctor Martínez, who belongs to the care staff, who, in peace and quiet, said, “I’m out of this, I recommend people get vaccinated.”
Martínez has been working in the health center for 23 years and currently does not suffer from covid and assured that he feels very well when he was injected and that he did not feel any adverse reactions.
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The third to be inoculated was the medical graduate Josefina Jiménez De La Cruz, who works in the special covid area of the center, with the emotion that, after 30 minutes of rest, she did not feel strange reactions, but with great desire to explained what to see Vaccines and the implementation of the National Plan “RD Vaccinate”, caused mixed feelings, because he had to bear the burden of seeing people die in the health center due to lethal disease.