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Hines VA Hospital reaches vaccine milestone Army veteran Douglas Miller receives his second COVID-19 vaccination at Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital's vaccine clinic on April 16. Courtesy of Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital   Updated 4/19/2021 11:05 PM Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital reached a major milestone April 17, distributing its 50,000th COVID-19 vaccine. "It would be pretty cool if I was number 50,000," said Army veteran Douglas Miller. "I just had my birthday, so it would be like a double celebration, but, really, I'm just happy being vaccinated."   For Miller, the choice to be...

Originally published on January 9, 2021 6:24 pm Correction: This story has been corrected and clarified. Veterans were unable to get immediate access to donated name-brand toiletries due to a process that has since been changed, but the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs says residents never went without basic personal care supplies if they ran out.  The Coronavirus outbreak at the state-run LaSalle Veterans’ Home claimed a 36th life earlier this week, though the spread within the home has been in control for weeks after infecting 90% of residents and killing more than a quarter of ...

Hines VA Hospital 1 of 37 VA centers nationwide to begin administering COVID-19 vaccine By STMW NEWS The Chicago-area Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital began administering COVID-19 vaccines to veterans in long-term care Tuesday. CHICAGO - The Chicago-area Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital began administering COVID-19 vaccines to veterans in long-term care Tuesday. The hospital, located at 500 5th Ave. in west suburban Hines, was one of 37 Veterans Affairs medical centers in the country that received doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week, according to officials from the U.S. Departmen...

HINES, Ill. (WLS) -- The Hines VA Hospital gave its first COVID-19 vaccine to a veteran in its care Tuesday afternoon. The Hines VA Hospital was one of 37 VA medical centers in the country and the only one Illinois to receive early doses of the vaccine, according to officials from the federal government. Army veteran Melissa Ann Klocker, 48, became the first long-term care resident in Illinois to be vaccinated. Klocker served in Kosovo as a sergeant and a mechanic for Black Hawk helicopters. She was paralyzed in a car accident and now receives long-term care at Hines. Klocker said it was an h...