A physician in Port aux Basques, western Newfoundland, says her patients should be able to receive H1N1 influenza vaccinations at her office instead of only at specialized clinics.

"We find it very frustrating as physicians," said Dr. Wendy Graham. "We'd like to be a part of the program. We don’t want to see any current vaccine that exists in our province sit in the refrigerators for months. We've been asking to be a part of this program. We'd like to get vaccine into our patients as soon as possible."

She said many doctors have cold storage, and they already administer several types of vaccine.

Graham says the association that represents Newfoundland and Labrador physicians is lobbying the provincial government to get doctors involved in the vaccination program, which is targeting the strain of H1N1 influenza A causing the current swine flu pandemic.

Nurses employed by regional health authorities in Newfoundland and Labrador have been giving residents shots at designated centres throughout the province.

The province is trying to make sure that the vaccine is first administered to health workers, people at high risk for developing complications from influenza and those who care for people who can't get vaccinated.