Mobile medical RV goes to under served communities to vaccinate residents 'Now we're kind of getting out to the refugee and immigrant communities,' Kiley Petersmith says Share Updated: 6:19 PM CDT Mar 31, 2021 'Now we're kind of getting out to the refugee and immigrant communities,' Kiley Petersmith says Share Updated: 6:19 PM CDT Mar 31, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript ROB: NEBRASKA METHODIST COLLEGE IS ON THE MOVE TO VACCINATE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. JULIE: KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S WAVERLE MONROE IS THERE, AS THE MOBILE CLINIC STOPS AT THE CONSULATE OF MEXICO. WAVERLE: VACCINES ON WHEELS. METHODIST COLLEGE IS TAKING DOSES TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO OTHERWISE WOULDN’T GET THE SHOT. THE CONSULATE OF MEXICO SAYS IT’S HOSTING THE CLINICS TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL AT EASE ABOUT GETTING THE SHOT. >> I THINK IT’S A VERY IMPORTANT POINT, REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS, EVERYONE WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THEIR VACCINE. >> WE’RE ABLE TO GET THE CORRECT MESSAGE OUT FROM HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO COMMUNITY DIRECTLY -- TO THE COMMUNITY DIRECTLY USING THOSE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND LEADERS. WAVERLE: KILEY PETERSMITH WITH METHODIST COLLEGE SAYS THEY’VE ALREADY USED THEIR MOBILE MEDICAL R.V. TO VACCINATE THE HOMELESS AND LOW INCOME SENIORS IN THE AREA. >> NOW WE’RE KIND OF GETTING OUT TO THE REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. WAVERLE: GUADALUPE SANCHEZ SAYS IT’S NOT JUST FOR THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY. >> WE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES AND THE CONSULATE IS THE HOUSE OF EVERYONE. >> MY FATHER PASSED AWAY, SO I’M LOOKING TO TRAVEL IN INDIA, AND I WANTED TO PROTECT MYSELF AND GET THE VACCINE BEFORE I TRAVELED. WAVERLE: THE CLINIC’S ADMINISTERING THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON SHOT. MULLICK SAHIL IS ONE OF 30 PEOPLE GETTING IT WEDNESDAY. >> I WAS SCHEDULED TO GET THE PFIZER VACCINE TODAY, BUT BEING ABLE TO GET THE ONE SHOT JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE SOUNDED BETTER. WAVERLE: WHILE THE CLINICS ARE SMALLER, PETERSMITH SAYS IT’S ABOUT TAKING THE VACCINE DIRECTLY TO PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. >> WE ARE GOING TO APARTMENTS COMPLEXES. -- TO APARTMENT COMPLEXES. WE ARE GOING INTO APARTMENTS TO GIVE IT, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THOSE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. WAVERLE: THE CONSULATE OF MEXICO HOPES THIS IS JUST THE FIRST OF MANY CLINICS TO