NI woman with no family or friends rings radio station, gets vaccine

The woman was introduced by presenter William Crawley as Maggie.

Maggie, who is disabled, explained she had no family and her only friend sadly passed away last year.

"My only friend died last year would have taken me to get my vaccine.

"I have literally no one else," said Maggie.

Maggie said as a result of her disability she cannot use public transport to get to the vaccination centre.

"When I rang my GP he told me to pay for a taxi but the closest centre to me is in Dundonald but I live in Lisburn.

"I am in receipt of food parcels from the PSNI and a number of other agencies."

Head of Northern Ireland's vaccination scheme, Patricia Donnelly, was a guest on the programme at the time.

Maggie went on to explain that she had neither access to the internet or to a smartphone.

"If you pass your number on to the team here I will find a way to get a vaccine to you."

William Crawley concluded the exchange when he said: "We can put a man on the moon, now let's get a vaccine to Maggie."

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