All people over 60 who had an appointment in January for a jab would be rescheduled to December. They were supposed to receive a text message last weekend with a phone number that they could use to bring their appointment forward.
“That text message was sent to 45,000 people and 20,000 of them actually brought the appointment forward,” says the GGD GHOR. “If people have not received the text message, we ask them to come to the appointment that is already set.”
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The elderly organization ANBO is not happy with the way things are going. “We are concerned. The birth years are getting younger, but there is a group that has still not been there and it is now the turn of the thirty-somethings. There is a group of elderly people who still have not managed to make an appointment and they will come much later than the young people.”
‘Before my father’
“I received the message this morning that I could make the appointment. Half an hour later I had an appointment for next Thursday,” says 40-year-old Ymke Spijkers. “My father made an appointment for January 6 three weeks ago and can’t change it now. He’s 70. I think it’s bizarre.”
The ANBO points out that the elderly are the victims of a lot of going digital. “If you’re handy with the internet and your DigiD, it’s a lot easier, but if you’re not and the rules keep changing, you get situations in which people no longer understand what the intention is.”
The GGD urges the elderly not to call to reschedule an existing appointment. “Many people are still calling. It just keeps going,” said a spokesperson. The reason for the call is the busyness of the telephone lines of the GGD.
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