Our local Hockey Hub mass immunization clinic model is up and running in Peel region.
Twenty-five staff from the Grey Bruce Health Unit assisted at an immunization clinic in Peel on Saturday, June 12, demonstrating the system developed by Medical Officer of Health Dr. Ian Arra.
Public Health says a group of clinical and non-clinic staff from Grey Bruce shared their expertise with staff from Peel at the CAA Centre in Brampton.
Public Health says the Hockey Hub model is a streamlined flow-through process designed to administer more vaccines with fewer clinical staff than traditional mass vaccination clinics.
According to the Health Unit, about 5700 vaccines were administered in one day in the pandemic hotspot.
Arra says, “I cannot be more proud of every one of our team members, and of every minute we invested.”
He notes, “Most of what we do in Public Health is seldom immediate and the benefit is usually long-term before we see results. This was different. The joy and sense of fulfillment of volunteering in Peel has been immediate and I believe will be long lasting.”
The Health Unit says the clinic was made possible with the support of Peel Medical Officer of Health Dr. Lawrence Loh, and Bruce Power through fundraising, funding and setting up logistics for the mass clinic.