KUALA LUMPUR – After being slandered with baseless accusations by irresponsible social media users, the nurse who had administered the vaccination shot for Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has stepped up to defend herself.
Earlier today, the Health Ministry (MoH) had uploaded a video statement issued by the nurse, who explained the processes of inoculating a child and what she was doing in the video.
“Please, please, please if you do not know anything, please do not make assumptions and accusations as this involves people’s lives.
“If this happens to you, you would feel uncomfortable, hurt, and frustrated as well.
“I am just doing my job, as smoothly as I can, to make the process comfortable for the child, and for every child I have given the shot to. I try my hardest to avoid traumatising the child,” said the unnamed nurse.
In the 4-minutes and 3-seconds video, the health practitioner explained the entirety of the vaccination process to the viewers, mentioning that she would take the vaccine bottle, show it to the parents and then take the vaccine out from its bottle and show them the volume used.
After obtaining the parents’ consent, she added that she would interact with the child to reduce the child’s anxiety before giving the shot.
She then went into detail about the removal of the syringe.
“After you jab, you will need to pull the needle back a little to ensure it did not hit any blood vessels.
“Once I remove the syringe, I show the parents that I have given the vaccine, and then put on a plaster for the child,” she said, adding that for Pfizer Kids, a 0.2 dose is administered.
She explained that this process can be found online, and people should do their own research.
The nurse added that she felt that she has done all she could to explain the process to parents and children.
Furthermore, she said that it is an individual’s choice whether or not they want to be vaccinated. However, they should not simply slander her with malicious accusations.
At the time of writing, her explainer had received around 5,900 reactions, 4,100 comments, 1,200 shares and 210,000 views.
Two days ago, MoH posted a 48 second video of Khairy’s 6-year-old son’s vaccination on its Facebook page, which garnered a lot of scepticism online as some pointed out that the video has been cut and edited.
Many questioned its authenticity, accusing her of vaccine disposal and said that the video did not convince them to get their child vaccinated.
As of today, 246,869 children have received their first Covid-19 dose, and nearly 900,000 children have been registered for vaccination through the MySejahtera application. – The Vibes, February 16, 2022
Liputan dan pendaftaran #PICKids semakin meningkat. Alhamdulillah ibu bapa mahu memberi perlindungan kepada anak. Walaupun ada yang sebar fitnah anak saya dicucuk angin, semakin ramai ibu bapa yakin dengan vaksin. Jangan kacau orang lain yang nak vaksinkan anak mereka. pic.twitter.com/7D1OYPDb4y
— Khairy Jamaluddin ??? (@Khairykj) February 16, 2022
