Angeles City goes house to house to inoculate bedridden seniors

The city government here has started going house to house to vaccinate bedridden senior citizens in Barangay Lourdes Sur East beginning Friday.

A total of 660 bedridden elderly will receive their inoculation for Covid-19 inside the comfort of their homes, said Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr.

Apart from administering the vaccine at their homes, the elderly will also receive P1,000-cash assistance and Vitamin C supplements from the local government unit.

“We have to extend the inoculation at the grassroots level by reaching out to those unreached,” Lazatin said.

The mobile vaccination of seniors starts with an assessment by doctors and health workers of Rafael Lazatin Memorial Medical Center (RLMMC) and City Health Office a day before their scheduled vaccination.

“This is to make sure that the bedridden seniors are ready, capable, and fit to receive the vaccine,” RLMMC Chief of Hospital Dr. Froilan Canlas said.

These medical frontliners are also present inside the mobile bus during vaccination day.

Also inside the mobile bus owned by the city government and Korean Association are complete medical equipment for the safe transport of the vaccines and for the safety of senior citizens.

Alongside the mobile bus are two ambulances and one mobile clinic utility vehicle.

According to IC Calaguas, Lazatin’s chief adviser, the mobile vaccination for the elderly will serve as preparation for his goal to conduct house-to-house inoculation and to reach Angeleños residing in far-flung areas such as Barangays Sapangbato and Margot.

To date, out of the 49,964 members of the elderly population in the city, 19,501 seniors have received their first dose of vaccine, while 11,451 are fully vaccinated.