He was selected because of the vulnerability of his patients.
A Laois man has opened up about what it's like to get vaccinated against covid-19.
Portlaoise's Ronan Ging - who works in ICU at King's College Hospital in London - was one of the first in the world to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine last week.
He says it's not anything to scared of - although is urging people not to drop their guard around public health guidelines, as vaccines won't become widely available for some time.
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