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Local dentist calls for profession to be moved up vaccine priority list and for changes to medical card scheme

Jan 13, 2021 17:00 By News Northern Sound
Local dentist calls for profession to be moved up vaccine priority list and for changes to medical card scheme
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A local dentist has called for people in the dentistry profession to be moved up the vaccine priority list. Bernie Fee, of Fee Dental in

A local dentist has called for people in the dentistry profession to be moved up the vaccine priority list.

Bernie Fee, of Fee Dental in Carrickmacross, says dentists are at a unique risk given that Covid-19 can be spread via droplets and in salvia.

She says it’s vital that dentist teams are kept safe by receiving the vaccine as soon as possible.

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Bernie also called for an increase to the medical card fee to help under pressure private clinics.

Around 20% of private dentists have withdrawn from Dentist Treatment Services Scheme, which provides dental care to those with a medical card.

Bernie says this problem has been “on-going for the past ten years” and has “escalated out of control” due to Covid-19”:

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