Gilroy
– Saint Louise Regional Hospital will have hundreds of flu shots
available for high-risk children and adults Wednesday.
Gilroy – Saint Louise Regional Hospital will have hundreds of flu shots available for high-risk children and adults Wednesday.
Eligible adults include: People over 50 years old, pregnant women, household contacts or out-of-home providers of care to infants younger than 6 months; nursing home or long-term care facility residents; and healthcare workers and emergency personnel.
Children 9 years of age, and adults 18 to 64 years old with chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, or cancer also are eligible to receive a flu shot.
The vaccine will be provided on a first come, first served basis to people who walk in to the hospitals’ administrative conference room, 9400 No Name Uno, between 9am and 5pm.
Those who want to receive a flu shot will need to bring their insurance cards. People with Medicare B as their primary insurance will not have to pay for the shot. Members or Secure Horizons or Aetna HMO’s also will have the bill sent directly to their provider.
For more information, call Michele Averill, director of physician relations at the hospital, at 848-4940.
