HCHD Offers Seasonal Flu Shot to the Public

HCHD Offers Seasonal Flu Shot to the Public

HOUSTON (Oct. 29, 2009) — Flu season is here and so is the shot to protect you from the virus. The Harris County Hospital District urges everyone at risk for seasonal flu to take steps to prevent and vaccinate against the seasonal flu.

Those recommended to get the seasonal flu shot are:

pregnant women,
people who live with or care for children younger than 6 months of age,
healthcare and emergency services personnel,
persons 6 months - 24 years of age, and
people 25 - 64 years of age at higher risk for seasonal flu because of chronic medical conditions or compromised immune systems such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and HIV/AIDS patients.

The flu vaccine will be available to the public in the hospital district’s community health centers located throughout Harris County. The following schedule details where and when you can get your flu shot.

Flu shots are $20 for non-HCHD patients.

For more information, call HCHD’s free health advice hotline Ask Your Nurse at 713-633-CALL (2255).

printable schedule

Harris County Hospital District
Public Seasonal Flu Vaccination Schedule
2009-10

Locations	Days	Times
Acres Home Health Center 818 Ringold St., Houston, TX 77088	Wednesday	1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Aldine Health Center 4755 Aldine Mail Rt., Houston, TX 77039	Monday, Wednesday, Friday	1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Baytown Health Center 1602 Garth Road, Baytown, TX 77520	Friday	1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Casa de Amigos Health Center 1615 N. Main St., Houston, TX 77009	Monday	8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
El Franco Lee Health Center 8901 Boone Road, Houston, TX 77099	(Pediatric) Monday – Friday	2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
El Franco Lee Health Center 8901 Boone Road, Houston, TX 77099	(Adult) Wednesday, Friday	2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
E. A. "Squatty" Lyons Health Center 1712 First St., Suite M20, Humble, TX 77338	Friday	9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Gulfgate Health Center 7550 Office City Dr., Houston, TX 77012	Tuesday, Thursday	1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Martin Luther King Health Center 3601 N. MacGregor Way, Houston, TX 77021	Monday – Friday	10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Northwest Health Center 1100 W. 34^th St., Houston, TX 77018	Monday – Friday	1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
People's Health Center 6630 DeMoss St., Houston, TX 77074	Monday – Friday	1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Settegast Health Center 8105 N. Wayside Dr., Houston, TX 77028	Friday	9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Strawberry Health Center 927 E. Shaw Road, Pasadena, TX 77506	Tuesday, Thursday	8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Thomas Street Health Center 2015 Thomas St., Houston, TX 77009	Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday, Friday	7:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.

The Harris County Hospital District is the public healthcare system for the nation’s third most-populous county. It provides more than 1.4 million healthcare visits each year to residents of Harris County. The hospital district operates Ben Taub General Hospital, Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital, Quentin Mease Community Hospital, 13 community health centers, a dialysis center, a dental center, eight school-based clinics, 13 homeless shelter clinics and five mobile health units.