Stories about ampoules that break and end up in the loading area of a croquette supplier. Vaccine transport is not in good shape. The people behind the scenes like to show that in the vast majority of cases, the smallest details are taken into account.
Whoa, wait. Just before courier Erica Laros (51) closes the door of her van, an employee of Huisartsenposten Nijmegen and Boxmeer asks whether those five boxes with needles and syringes couldn't be a little closer to the packaging with corona vaccines. "Then they won't move later."
The comment may sound a bit over-concerned, but when it comes to the vaccine that millions of Dutch people are yearning for, nothing is left to chance at the distribution point at the Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital (CWZ) in Nijmegen. Certainly not if a reporter is watching, of course.
Because anyone who takes a look at some individual news reports may get the feeling that the transport of vaccines is in chaos. Stories emerged about a croquette supplier who drove around with them and ampoules that could go into the container because of too much shaking or a broken refrigerator. But that is absolutely not daily practice, emphasizes manager Hans Janssen of Huisartsenposten Nijmegen and Boxmeer.