WESTERN CAPE NEWS - Phase 1 of the Sisonke Vaccination programme will conclude on 15 May and the Garden Route District office of the Western Cape Health Department is inviting both private and public healthcare workers that they still have the opportunity to get their vaccination.
They can register on the electronic vaccination data system (EVDS) at https://vaccine.enroll.health.gov.za/#/
If you are not sure that you qualify, see the following categories below:
- Nurses (all categories)
- Medical doctors (all categories and specialisations)
- Dentists, dental therapists and oral hygienists
- Clinical associates
- Community health workers / liaison and development officers employed by provincial Departments of Health
- Environmental Health practitioners (working for municipalities and provincial Departments of Health)
- Pharmacists and Pharmacist Assistants (fully registered/post-basic /basic)
- Radiographers
- Emergency Medical Practitioners
- Allied health staff (physiotherapists/occupational therapists /psychologists/ optometrists /speech therapists /audiologists /biokinetics/ nutritionists/ dieticians)
- Registered occupational health staff
- Clinical and medical technologists at clinical laboratory services
- Clinical and medical technologists at forensic medical laboratory services
- Blood Transfusion Services laboratory technicians
- Staff working in forensic mortuaries
- Orthotists /prosthetists/podiatrists
- Alternative medicine practitioners (homeopaths/osteopaths/chiropractors)
- Medical/dental /nursing /pharmacy students that are on the clinical training platform
- Staff working at national and provincial health departments and district health offices
- Officials employed by National Port Health Authorities
- Health staff at Department of Correctional Services
- South African Military Health Services (SAMHS)
- Cleaners/housekeeping staff at health establishments and care facilities
- Security services at health establishments and care facilities
- Administrative staff at health establishments and care facilities
- Staff working in student health services at TVETs and HEIs
- Funeral workers (formal funeral homes and volunteers from registered burial societies)
- Registered traditional healers
The vaccination sites, dates and contact persons for vaccinations are as follows (contacts are available on weekdays between 08:00 and 16:00):
Vaccination site and date: OUDTSHOORN HOSPITAL: 5 May
Contact person: Oudtshoorn
Sanet van Meersbergen: (044) 803 2464
Contact person: Kannaland
Maryna September: (028) 551 1010/1667/1342
Vaccination site and dates: ALMA CDC (MOSSEL BAY): 6, 7, 11 and 12 May
Contact person: Hessequa
Ilze Charles: (028) 713 8640
Contact person: Mossel Bay
Lida Swart: (044) 601 1915
Vaccination site and dates: PLETT TOWN CLINIC: 10, 11 May
Contact person: Knysna
Carmen Grobler: (044) 302 5201
Contact person: Bitou
Girlie Lubbe: (044) 501 5100
Vaccination site and dates: GEORGE HOSPITAL 10 May
Contact person: George
Bernicois Konig: (044) 803 2079
Private healthcare workers: If you have not yet, please request your appointment through your manager or one central person from a facility in order not to have multiple people engaging from the same facility. See above contact details for persons to contact.
On the day of vaccination, you need to bring along your ID, proof that you are a healthcare worker and Sisonke Vaccination Voucher.
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