A neighbor of Ibiza He reported yesterday that he had to postpone his flu vaccination because when he arrived at his health center, one of the healthcare providers explained to him that they did not have any more flu vaccines that day for those under 65 years of age. According to this woman, the nurse told her that she had lacked “foresight” on the part of the Health Service of the Balearic Islands (IbSalut) in the vaccination when making the “orders.” “I requested an online appointment with my nurse through the GOIB Appointment APP without any problems,” this neighbor highlighted to Newspaper of Ibiza and Formenterahighlighting that when it happened, the inoculation of doses without prior appointment had not yet started, which began this Wednesday, January 10.
In this sense, he explained that he received a prescription from the doctor to buy the vaccine in a pharmacy in Ibiza and then return to the health center for its administration. «They made me a flyer and I went to buy it. It was very difficult for me to locate it because I couldn’t find the dose in any pharmacy,” this woman stressed, highlighting that she had to call six pharmacies before being able to buy the vaccine, since they are usually supplied weeks before the vaccination campaign. Along the same lines, she announced that she wants to file a claim at her health center for this “lack of foresight” in health care that could have harmed more people at risk like her: “I am 26 weeks pregnant and the third trimester is a delicate phase.” . “That’s why I wanted to get vaccinated,” she said and indicated that, in addition, her other daughter is now starting at school with the risk that this entails taking into account the advance of the flu epidemic.
Likewise, she was also dismayed when wondering why the Balearic Government does not make masks mandatory in all health centers when it is a very effective measure against infections. “For a measure that they can apply and don’t want to,” this woman pointed out. It is worth remembering that finally, given the rejection of the majority of autonomous communities, Health has imposed the mandatory mask for all regions in hospitals and health centers for this Wednesday.
Response from IbSalut
For their part, IbSalut indicated that it was a specific case, since these doses are distributed from the central warehouses to each health center twice a week. In this sense, they regretted that one of the possibilities of this situation could be a consequence of the lack of internal distribution capacity of these spaces. «A forecast is made taking into account the peak of care. It may be that many people were vaccinated the previous days and that there was a specific delay in refilling the vaccines,” they explained. Furthermore, the Ibiza and Formentera Health Area confirmed this specific fact because these doses were sold out just that day.
However, they explained that their order was immediately requested to continue with the vaccination. “In this center, all vaccines were used for all adults between 18 and 65 years old,” they indicated, highlighting that there was provision for patients in risk groups. In this sense, they also recalled that vaccination without an appointment begins this Wednesday and that, for this, the health centers of Ibiza will have the necessary vaccines to face the entire campaign. They also insisted that this lack of supplies did not occur in the other centers on the island and even stated that in some there are remnants of vaccines that can be used by others. “The centers will receive an additional item to be prepared in this final stretch of vaccination before entering the highest part of the epidemic phase,” they pointed out.
2024-01-09 23:32:49
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