volunteers come out to help her hold the clinics in the parking lot outside her practice, she said. as the lead physician, she runs the show, while her husband, who has a business background, helps to organize the events.
doko’s administrative staff check people in, and nurses on staff administer vaccines, as do medical students from the schulich school of medicine’s windsor campus where doko is an adjunct professor. university of windsor students in the pre-medical society have also volunteered.
“we just wanted to help our community get vaccinated faster, get those shots into arms,” doko said. “we had a really enthusiastic team ready to give shots.
“everybody was happy to do it. everyone was willing to come those extra hours or stay those long days and give shots. we were all happy when we were doing the vaccine clinics because we knew people were getting vaccinated, getting protected.
“the sooner we get people vaccinated, the sooner we can get back to normal.”
for some primary care providers, offering walk-in vaccine availability has been a necessity. dr. vikesh maraj’s family practice in olde riverside has been too inundated with a backlog of calls for routine medical care to schedule covid-19 vaccine time-slots.