Maria Eudocia Araya de Montenegro is 104 years old. On Monday morning, she became the first insured person affiliated to the
For many years, Araya de Montenegro worked in a factory where she took care of the employees' children. She always showed affection to them. In fact, she not only had 10 children (now grown-ups) herself but currently enjoys the affection of her 20 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, and 4 great-great-grandchildren.
Three of her adult children are currently taking care of her in her house located in Lima's Lince district, where the EsSalud mobile vaccine arrived.
With great diligence, the senior citizen was evaluated by a physician and finally vaccinated by an institution's nurse.
It must be noted that the nurses in charge of home vaccination were previously trained in the technique of administering the
Pfizer vaccine. This requires a special cold chain, in addition to a time-controlled logistics process since —once opened— it only has a useful life of 6 hours.
The Pfizer vaccine —which recently arrived in Peru— has the particularity of being a "multi-dose." It means that up to 6 insured persons can be vaccinated from each vial. This implies that the personnel rely on precision, not only for dividing the parts of the container, but also for arriving at the homes of EsSalud affiliates on time.
Data update for vaccination
With the collaboration of family members, who can help promptly update the data of the elderly people who reside with them at home, EsSalud is expected to reach out to the 11,700 insured citizens nationwide in the shortest possible time.