Sackville-based physician Dr. Graeme Stewart was one of the first New Brunswickers to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n
He was inoculated with the Pfizer vaccine in mid-December of last year at the Miramichi Hospital.<\/p>\n
Stewart works with elderly patients and in a nursing home, and is over 60 himself, which placed him on the priority list for vaccination.<\/p>\n
He says the process at the Miramichi Hospital, one of the very first vaccine clinics set up in the province, was organized and efficient, and reports no side effects whatsoever.<\/p>\n
The injection, he says, didn\u2019t hurt any more than a flu shot. The vaccine brings relief for Stewart.<\/p>\n
He says \u201cmy experience was great. The planning for the preparation and the actual experience of getting the vaccine. The Miramichi Hospital was top notch, well-organized, efficient, and personally speaking , I didn\u2019t have any problem with side effects or anything like that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stewart says that as the province moves through priority groups the process of vaccination may look different, and will hopefully be more accessible.<\/p>\n
Dr. Dysart is not just a family doctor, but also works regularly in the Sackville Memorial Hospital\u2019s emergency department.<\/p>\n
Horizon Health contacted him by email, and he made the drive up to Miramichi just months ago.<\/p>\n
He says he experienced some side effects after his first shot, including a headache and a sore arm.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt a little bit unwell for the first couple of days afterwards. I felt kind of tired and headachy and sore\u2026 My arm was sore. But then after the second one, I had absolutely no side effects at all,\" he says.<\/p>\n
He too is excited that he is vaccinated, but remains nervous of bringing COVID-19 home to his family so does not consider himself to be \u201cout of the woods.\u201d<\/p>\n
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