Patients at VA Providence now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine
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Above, John Kirby receives the first COVID-19 vaccination for a veteran patient in the VA Providence Healthcare System who is not also an employee, from Deirdre Conlon, a registered nurse in the Dialysis Unit at the Providence VA Medical Center on Jan. 6. / COURTESY VA PROVIDENCE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM/KIMBERLY DIDONATO
PROVIDENCE – COVID-19 vaccinations are underway for patients at the VA Providence Healthcare System. On Jan. 6, John Kirby, a veteran, was the first nonemployee to receive a first dose of the Moderna Inc. vaccine at the Providence VA Medical Center. "As vaccine supplies increase, our ultimate goal is to offer free COVID-19 vaccinations to…