Doctor Kaušas, one of the first to be vaccinated in Šiauliai: it is important to know something important about this vaccine

Remigijus Mažeika, director of the Šiauliai Republican Hospital, believes that vaccination with the COVID-19 vaccine is the best Christmas gift for Šiauliai doctors.

There was a psychological break

In Šiauliai, as in all of Lithuania, the doctors began to vaccinate on Sunday at 8 in the morning. in the morning. First, high-risk personnel – that is, doctors working on the coronavirus front lines – were vaccinated.

The first doctors in the infectious disease wards were vaccinated in Šiauliai, of which there are 5 simple resuscitations and 2 in the Republican Hospital in Šiauliai.

“We have a long list of employees who want to get vaccinated. This is another message that there has been some kind of psychological advancement, attitudes towards vaccines. We haven’t seen what we see now in the medical community, which is very important, ”says R. Mažeika.

According to the head of the hospital, the initiated vaccination will not only facilitate the work of doctors, but will also reduce some of the anxiety of patients that doctors can also be vectors of the virus due to the insidious incubation period of the virus.

“The message that doctors are vaccinated and will no longer get sick is very important to patients returning to chronic disease treatment for some of those who have avoided chronic disease screenings today.

I think the decision to start vaccination by doctors is very wise, because yes, I think we will reduce the side effects of other late diseases in people, ”said R. Mažeika.

The first nursing manager vaccinated

Stefanija Jatulevičienė, a nursing administrator in the Department of Pulmonology, was the first to be vaccinated at the Šiauliai Republican Hospital.

“Being the first is very important and setting an example. And Stefania sets an example not only through vaccination, but also in her work. Without being the Chief Nursing Administrator of the Department of Infectious Diseases, she was due to the current situation in Lithuania and directs the nursing department of one of the departments. She works with patients herself. So, we are very grateful to Stefania for the awareness, dedication and understanding we have to help people, ”said R. Mažeika, an employee.

S. Jatulevičienė shared how she felt when she became the first to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Lithuania.

“It just came to our attention then. First of all, I am very happy that I have not been ill until today and that I can get vaccinated. Clearly, we weren’t expecting to get that vaccine so quickly. We thought it would all be after the New Year. And today is really a happy vacation, just a continuation of the vacation in which we were able to get vaccinated, especially the first ones, ”said the doctor, who is happy that now she will be able to stay healthy with her colleagues and continue treating patients with COVID- 19.

When asked if he had injured himself during the vaccination, the nurse assured that no: “The vaccination is not painful at all, the procedure is not very painful. Yes, there is nothing to fear. “

Sick people will build better immunity

Aidas Kaušas, head of all infectious disease departments at Šiauliai Republican Hospital, was one of the first to be vaccinated.

Dr. A. Kaušas said that the vaccination was expected and really painless.

“We were waiting for that vaccine to control that situation, because until now, as everyone can see, we cannot control the virus in any other way: people are sick, infected, treated at home, in the hospital, we see all these situations. Vaccination may be the only real way to control this situation, “said A. Kaušas.

The doctor said there were no specific recommendations on how to handle this vaccine. They are the same as after the flu or after other vaccines.

“The only thing we know and what others need to know is that this vaccine does not open more options today, because only after the second vaccine, after a while, will immunity develop.

Until more people are vaccinated, we will have spring and probably summer, ”said A. Kaušas.

According to the doctor, according to current knowledge, people who get sick will always develop better immunity than those vaccinated, because when they get sick, it happens naturally.

“As much as we see now, [natūralus imunitetas] is 8 months. More data [apie imunitetą] post-vaccination has not yet been done, and clearly cannot be. It’s hard to say, my only guess here is: maybe it’s annual, like flu shots, “said the doctor.

A. Kaušas said that after a while the flow of patients in medical institutions will begin to decrease again and everyone will return to normal life.

“Now it is the case that if a person has a fever, it is the first thought that the cyst – other infectious diseases are gone,” commented the doctor with a laugh.

Everyone is promised to be vaccinated before the New Year

A total of 110 doctors who work directly with COVID-19 patients will be vaccinated at the Šiauliai Republican Hospital.

R. Mažeika, promised that another vaccination point would be opened in Šiauliai on Monday, at the Šiauliai Republican Hospital Women’s and Children’s Clinic.

Doctors in the Šiauliai region are scheduled to be vaccinated with the first batch of vaccine and the first doses before December 30.

“On the 30th, we will not only vaccinate our own people here, but we will also go to our partners: Mažeikiai, Telšiai and Radviliškis hospitals,” said R. Mažeika.

In other hospitals in the Šiauliai region, employees will be vaccinated according to the lists. The majority of employees are expected to be vaccinated at the Mažeikiai support hospital. Approximately 60 workers per priority group should be vaccinated here.