Patients eligible for vaccination parade as soon as the center of the town hall of Schiltigheim opens at 9 a.m. this Saturday. 465 people are registered for this first day, the vast majority to receive their booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.
“Before the town hall’s vaccination center opened, all the slots were reserved all over Strasbourg. I was starting to ask myself the question of perhaps going as far as Ingwiller or Lutzelhouse. arranged to be able to get vaccinated near my home “, explains Damien, a Schilikois in a hurry to receive his third dose before the holidays.
Difficult to find an appointment in the Eurometropolis, despite the reactivation of large centers. But in the northern suburbs of Strasbourg, only Reichstett and Schiltigheim have put the vaccine machine back on the road. It is this shortage, and the insistence of doctors that pushed Mayor Danielle Dambach to act. “When I hear the professionals who say “we’re overwhelmed, do something”. It’s hard to do nothing “. Thanks to the work of municipal teams and doctors, Schiltigheim is setting up its vaccination center.
The town hall goes to the cashier
The opening of a similar structure between January and July 2020 weighed on the treasury of the municipality. “We disbursed nearly a million euros over the first seven months last year. I would have preferred that the state advance the costs. But the main thing is that it is reimbursed “, Danielle Dambach nods. A refund that only arrived “very recently”, specifies the city councilor.
To save time and money, the vaccination center has been installed in the town hall, and no longer in the auditorium of La Briqueterie. Despite the express creation of this new structure, the machine remains well established. The reception, vaccination and administrative tasks go off without a hitch. However, the context and government measures create conditions that are far from ideal, notes one of the centre’s medical coordinators, Raymond Attuil: “this history of health pass before January 15 produces a rush which is certainly not very healthy for a serene and peaceful vaccination “, he regrets while preparing the vaccine doses for the day.
The Schiltigheim vaccination center is open, by appointment only, Monday to Friday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. All slots are reserved until December 22.