Limerick GP to stop giving vaccines after 'intimidating' calls

Staff had been awake at night worrying about how the vaccination programme would work, which, coupled with the intimidating calls, meant they 'could not take any more of it'

Dr Kieran Murphy said that there were “unrealistic levels of expectations” about the vaccination programme and that the sooner the age-based scheme commenced, the better.

A Co Limerick GP has said that his practice will not participate in the next phase of the vaccine rollout because of intimidating calls he and his staff have been receiving from people complaining that they or their relatives did not receive the vaccine.

Dr Kieran Murphy, speaking to RTÉ radio’s Liveline from his hospital bed at University Hospital Limerick, said that there were “unrealistic levels of expectations” about the vaccination programme and that the sooner the age-based scheme commenced, the better.