New Veterans Affairs building opening soon to bring expanded services to West Texas veterans
New clinic expands treatment options for Lubbock veterans By Camelia Juarez | April 28, 2021 at 6:54 PM CDT - Updated April 28 at 7:32 PM
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Veterans will soon have access to expanded resources at the new Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic here in Lubbock.
The facility is three times larger than the current clinic and will offer more services. Once it opens, this will mean less traveling to Amarillo or sending veterans to other community facilities.
“If a Veteran wanted to stay within the VA healthcare system, they might have had to travel to Amarillo to see some of those specialists. Same thing with same day surgeries, now it’s going to be a couple months before it opens, but we’re going to have a same day surgery center here,” Medical Center Director Rodney Gonzalez said.
New location available for COVID-19 vaccinations
Gary & Leo’s offering Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
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Gary & Leo’s Fresh Foods’s pharmacy, Gary & Leo’s Health Mart, began administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine Monday, vaccinating about 50 people as of about 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. Pharmacy Manager Eric Ward said the vaccines are being distributed on a first-come-first serve basis for everyone in Phase 1B+ of the state’s vaccine roll-out plan. Western Drug Pharmacy in Havre also has been administering the vaccine, along with clinics held by Hill County Health Department, Northern Montana Health Care and Bullhook Community Health Center and vaccine administered by the Merril.
Rocky Boy hosts second vaccination clinic
Reservation s rollout in its final stage
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Ashlee Sijohn, a medical assistant with the Rocky Boy Health Center, administers the COVID-19 vaccine at Stone Child College on the Rocky Boy s Indian Reservation.
Rocky Boy Health Center held its second mass-vaccination clinic Wednesday at Stone Child College, where 400 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine were administered. Rocky Boy Health Center Chief Clinical Officer Lauren Corcoran said about one-third of people living on the reservation have been fully immunized and the vaccine rollout is in its fifth and final stage, serving all people 18 and older living on the reservation or employed by tribal entities.
Merril Lundman VA clinic s new location sees promising opening month
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Equipment stands ready Jan. 14 in the Merril Lundman Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Holiday Village Mall during a tour of the facility before its opening. The clinic has been open about a month and has been well-received, Registered Nurse Care Manager Teri Matosich said.
The Merril Lundman Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic s new location in the Holiday Village Mall has been open for almost a month and Registered Nurse Care Manager Teri Matosich, who has worked for the clinic since its creation in 2009, said the new location is everything she hoped for.
The Victor J. Saracini Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Horsham announced Tuesday that it will be offering the COVID-19 vaccine through the end of this week.
The clinic, located at 433 Caredean Drive in Horsham, will provide vaccines for those with appointments only between 4 and 7 p.m. through Friday and all day Saturday, the release states. Veterans must be enrolled in VA Healthcare to be eligible and they must be either 75 years or older or 65 years old or older with comorbidity. You have to be be registered with the VA for benefits, a representative from the clinic said. We are getting a lot of calls from retired military who are under the impression they can walk in and get a vaccine and that not true right now.