An NHS board's roll-out of the fourth coronavirus vaccine has been criticised after pensioners have been made to face in queues lasting over an hour - for what have been meant to be scheduled appointments to get their jabs.
Scottish NHS boards started rolling out a second booster jab for the over-75s and people thought-about to be significantly susceptible to Covid final month.
The top-up jag is being administered to Scots roughly six months after they obtained their first booster jab final autumn.
Nevertheless, photos shared with the Document counsel the roll-out of the jabs isn't progressing as easily as well being chiefs could have hoped.
The pictures confirmed a line of older folks stretching out of the entrance door and across the nook of the Lagoon Leisure Centre in Paisley on Sunday afternoon.
The creator of the photographs mentioned he had taken his 82-year-old dad and 79-year-old mum to the centre to get their second booster jabs on April 10.
They arrived at 1.45pm for a 2pm appointment. However half an hour after their scheduled time, they have been nonetheless outdoors the constructing - and have been informed by these popping out of it they might be at the very least one other hour earlier than they have been even vaccinated.
The person mentioned his dad and mom have been finally vaccinated shortly earlier than 4pm - two hours after their supposed appointment time.
He informed the Document: "The queue is correct around the constructing - all these previous persons are standing round outdoors the constructing. It is a shambles.
"And apparently there is a huge snake of a queue once you truly get within the door.
"My dad's 82 and he is bought dementia, so he is not bought a protracted consideration span and might't deal with this.
"They gave him a 2pm appointment and he is not even within the constructing half an hour later."
He added: "You'll assume the NHS would know what it was doing by now.
"If it have been 35-55 year-olds standing about that might be tremendous - however you may't ask over-75s to face round this lengthy. They're standing with their strolling sticks and every part."
Bosses at NHS Higher Glasgow and Clyde have apologised for the delays on the Lagoon Centre, which they've blamed on "very excessive demand".
However a spokesperson for the well being board declined to say why appointment instances weren't being met.
They mentioned: "We're sorry that some sufferers have skilled delays at Paisley Lagoon Centre.
"The clinic has been extraordinarily busy at present attributable to very excessive demand for the second booster, and in response we've got introduced in extra members of workers to assist meet demand.
"We want to thank members of the general public for his or her endurance and help when attending our clinics, and we're grateful to folks for persevering with to take up the supply of vaccination.
"Getting vaccinated is the one greatest method folks may help within the combat in opposition to COVID-19, and we'd encourage everybody to take up their invitation."
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