COVID-19 shot available to veterans enrolled in VA health in Bedford wickedlocal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wickedlocal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mar 1, 2021
Mar 1, 2021
The VA Bedford Healthcare System opened COVID-19 vaccinations to all veterans enrolled in VA healthcare, regardless of age, starting last week.
Enrolled veterans may schedule an appointment to receive a Pfizer vaccine in the auditorium of the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, 200 Springs Road, Bedford, by calling 781-687-4000 weekdays.
Appointments are available daily, including weekends, from 7 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Veterans will automatically be scheduled for their second dose in three weeks while at the clinic.
Caregivers enrolled in VAâs Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers Support are also eligible to receive the vaccine along with their veteran.
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Former Veterans Affairs hospice nurse in Massachusetts sentenced to prison for stealing morphine meant for dying veterans
Updated Feb 24, 2021;
A 55-year-old Tewksbury woman who worked as a nurse in the hospice unit at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center campus in Bedford was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday for stealing morphine meant for dying veterans.
Kathleen Noftle was sentenced to 40 months in prison and three years of supervised release, court records show. She pleaded guilty in October 2020 to one count of tampering with a consumer product and one count of obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, deception and subterfuge.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, on Jan. 13, 14 and 15, 2017, Noftle used her position as a nurse to obtain doses of morphine that were meant to be given to the veterans under her care in the hospice unit.