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Article: 'Drive-Thru' flu shots open Nov. 2: Thomas Memorial setting up one-day curb service
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- Charleston Gazette
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- October 24, 2002
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"Can I have fries with that?" might not be an appropriate question
for motorists to ask when they drive up for curb service at Thomas
Memorial Hospital on Saturday morning, Nov. 2.
From 9 a.m. to noon, nurses will be dispensing free flu shots, not
fast food, as part of the hospital's eighth annual Drive-Thru Flu
Shot program, sponsored by the hospital and the Thomas Memorial
Foundation.
Nurses will be on duty to administer 800 doses of vaccine on a
first-come, first-serve basis to people who have chronic diseases and
to those 65 and older.
But Robin Reynolds, director of social services and coordinator of
the flu shot program, said if there are other adults in the car ...