Hospital donated 1,000 flu shots

Published November 20, 2020

St. Vincent Health System donated 1,000 flu shots to five parishes in central Arkansas. On Nov. 8 shots were administered at St. Edward Church in Little Rock and Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Glenwood. On Nov. 15 shots were administered at St. Theresa Church in Little Rock and St. Mary and St. John churches in Hot Springs.

On Nov. 15, 150 parishioners 18 years and older at St. Theresa received the free shots after two Sunday Masses. Several nurses, including Debbie Meiklejohn, a retired nurse who is trying to expand the parish nurse program in the diocese, volunteered for the flu shot clinic.