Press Release -Free Flu Vaccine Clinics For High Risk Orange County Residents To Begin November 4

Free Flu Vaccine Clinics For High Risk Orange County Residents To Begin November 4

(Santa Ana) – A partnership between the Orange County Health Care Agency and local hospitals will begin providing free flu shots to high risk individuals in Orange County this Thursday, with other flu shot clinics scheduled to continue through November 15.

The flu vaccine will only be given to the following groups of high-risk Orange County individuals:

Adults 65 years and older
People from 18 to 64 years of age with chronic medical conditions (Requiring regular medical care or a hospital stay in the last year for one of the following: heart disease; diabetes; lung disease, including asthma; kidney disease; sickle cell disease and related blood diseases and immune system weak from diseases, like cancer, or medications)
Pregnant women
Residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities
Health care workers who provide direct patient care
Out-of-home caregivers and household contacts of children less than 6 months old

Flu shots will not be given to children at these clinics. For information about flu shots for high-risk children, please contact the Health Care Agency’s Health Referral Line at (800) 564-8448.

The following flu shot clinics for high-risk adults are scheduled for November 4 – 6, 2004

UCI Medical Center-Westminster Health Center 15355 Brookhurst St. Westminster	November 4 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. 1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.	Mobile Unit
St. Jude Medical Center Call for locations	November 5 12 Noon to 4 p.m.	Registration is required by calling (800) 870-7537 Ext. 2
Placentia-Linda Hospital 1301 North Rose Drive Placentia	November 5 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.	Meeting Rooms 2 & 3 Follow signs at the main entrance
Anaheim Memorial Medical Center 1111 W. La Palma Anaheim	November 6 9 a.m. until vaccine supplies run out	Vaccine will be given through a walk-in and drive-thru clinic. Follow signs at the main entrance. Call (714) 999-5285 for pre-recorded information.
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital 17100 Euclid Street Fountain Valley	November 6 8 a.m. to 12 noon	Vaccine will be given in the Saltzer Conference Room.
Huntington Beach Hospital 17772 Beach Boulevard Huntington Beach	November 6 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
(Los Alamitos Medical Center) John Douglas French Center/Total Care 3951 Katella Avenue Los Alamitos	November 6 7:30 a.m. until vaccine supplies run out
Mission Hospital 27700 Medical Center Road Mission Viejo	November 6 9 a.m. to Noon	Corner of Crown Valley Parkway and Medical Center Road (in parking lot of Life Church)
South Coast Medical Center 31872 South Coast Highway Laguna Beach	November 6 8 a.m. to 12 noon	Vaccine will be given in the main lobby. Parking structure is adjacent to lobby entrance
(St. Joseph Hospital) St. Joseph Heritage Medical Group 2501 East Chapman Avenue (Chapman & 55 Freeway) Orange	November 6 9 a.m. until vaccine supplies run out	Vaccine will be given at a drive-thru clinic. Please follow signs. Call (714) 771-8933 for pre-recorded general information.

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For Immediate Release Wednesday, November 03, 2004		Contact: Pat Markley (714) 834-2178

Free Flu Vaccine Clinics For High Risk Orange County Residents To Begin November 4

St. Jude Medical Center Call for locations

Huntington Beach Hospital 17772 Beach Boulevard Huntington Beach

(St. Joseph Hospital) St. Joseph Heritage Medical Group 2501 East Chapman Avenue (Chapman & 55 Freeway) Orange

St. Jude Medical Center
Call for locations

Huntington Beach Hospital
17772 Beach Boulevard
Huntington Beach

(St. Joseph Hospital)
St. Joseph Heritage Medical Group
2501 East Chapman Avenue
(Chapman & 55 Freeway)
Orange