Flu Shots for Veterans enrolled in VA healthcare
October 2, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – The Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center is now offering the seasonal flu vaccine at no cost to Veterans to help keep them healthy.
Veterans can visit their Primary Care Clinic to get their flu shot, including their outpatient clinics during scheduled appointments or on a walk-in basis, Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Flu shots are also available at Dorn’s Mental Health Clinics on a walk-in basis on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Specialty clinics are providing flu vaccines during regularly scheduled appointments.
If a Veteran has not applied for VA health care, visit www.va.gov/healthbenefits/enroll. For more information on the flu and benefits of immunization visit http://www.publichealth.va.gov/flu/or call the flu hotline at 803-695-6701.
According to the Center for Disease Control, flu is a respiratory illness that spreads easily from person to person and getting a flu vaccination is the best protection against the flu. Flu season usually begins in the fall and can continue through late spring. The flu causes more than 225,000 hospitalizations and about 36,000 deaths annually.
