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KUALA LUMPUR – The Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) in collaboration with other non-governmental organisations (NGOs) will carry out house-to-house vaccination for bedridden patients living in the Klang Valley – an effort under the mobile clinic initiative of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.
Its adviser Tan Sri Dr Jemilah Mahmood said MRCS has sent its members to 111 of the 280 houses identified so far in efforts to protect vulnerable individuals who had difficulty making trips to Covid-19 vaccination centres to get their jabs.
“The number of doses per household depends on the family members (of the patients) who have not received their shots because we must protect the patients as well as the people around them,” she said when met after the programme launch today.
Dr Jemilah urged the people to contact their nearest health centres and provide information on vulnerable individuals in their households to utilise this home-visit vaccination service.
She said the Health Ministry has instructed health clinics nationwide to collect data on the vulnerable groups to facilitate the vaccination process.
In conjunction with the launch today, five patients and 13 families from five households around Ampang received their Covid-19 jabs.
Dr Jemilah, who is public health special adviser to the prime minister, said the NGOs involved in carrying out the initiative are St John Ambulance Malaysia, Mercy Malaysia, Imam Response and Relief Team, Malaysian Relief Agency and the National Cancer Society.
Meanwhile, MRCS chairman Tan Sri Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz Almarhum Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, who was also present, said the initiative is in line with the society’s objective of providing healthcare to needy and jeopardised communities. – Bernama, July 6, 2021
