President Johannes Lampe extended his appreciation yesterday, June 24, 2021 to four nurses from the Nunatsiavut Department of Health and Social Development for the role they played in helping to inoculate residents of Iqaluit during a recent trip to Nunavut.
“We were very proud to be able to assist health officials in Iqaluit at mass immunization clinics, to share our experience in Nunatsiavut, and to promote the importance of getting the vaccine” says President Lampe. “Our nurses deserve to be acknowledged for the important role they played during these mass clinics.”
Following a request for assistance from Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, the nurses travelled to Iqaluit via chartered aircraft on June 16 and returned to Labrador in the early morning hours of June 20.
All played a key role in vaccinating youth between the ages of 12 and 17 years at four walk-in clinics. They made presentations at schools to promote the importance of being inoculated, conducted media interviews on the successful campaign carried out in Nunatsiavut, and utilized a bus to administer vaccines in several parts of the community.