POWER outages will no longer have any effect on vital vaccines being stored at Bingara Medical Centre (RARMS Health), since they took delivery of a new fridge and battery storage system worth $7,500.
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"It is so important for the success of the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out that medical clinics have appropriate storages to keep their jabs cold," Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall said.
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"While the importance of cold chain management has been widely reported in association with the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines, it is also a must for routine vaccines that are administered to the community.
"This means the clinic will not lose precious vaccines in a power outage, which in turn means no delays for the weekly COVID vaccination clinics."
RARMS CEO Mark Burdack thankful for the support.
"This fridge which will ensure that many medications like our COVID and Flu vaccines remain effective evening during a power outage," Mr Burdack said.
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