Free vaccines for 2,500 nursing home residents

A nurse injecting the pneumococcal vaccine into an elderly resident at MWS Bethany Nursing Home - Choa Chu Kang. One dose of each of the PCV13 and PPSV23 vaccines is recommended to help keep the disease at bay.
A nurse injecting the pneumococcal vaccine into an elderly resident at MWS Bethany Nursing Home - Choa Chu Kang. One dose of each of the PCV13 and PPSV23 vaccines is recommended to help keep the disease at bay. ST PHOTO: KELLY HUI
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Over 2,500 residents of non-private nursing homes in the west of Singapore will receive free vaccinations against pneumococcal disease, under the Immunisation Support for Nursing Homes (ISNH) Pilot Project launched in September.

Slated to be carried out over three years, it is organised by the National University Health System's (NUHS) Regional Health System Office (RHSO) and Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) in partnership with the JurongHealth Fund charity.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 18, 2019, with the headline Free vaccines for 2,500 nursing home residents. Subscribe