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VACCINE AVAILABILITY:
For more information on vaccine availability, check the ODH Web site or call the Ohio Department of Health H1N1 information line at 866-800-1404 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
H1N1 VACCINATION CLINICS
Delaware County
Monday, Oct. 26 from 3-8 p.m. Location: Buckeye Valley High School 901 Coover Road in Delaware The clinic will be held for high-risk groups only, including pregnant women, health care providers and children.
Fairfield County
The county health department will hold clinics daily Oct. 26 through Oct. 30, by appointment only. For more information call the health department at 740-653-4489.
Franklin County
On Wednesday, Oct. 28, Columbus Public Health will hold a clinic from 2 5 p.m. at the Ohio Historical Society. This clinic will open only children age 6 months 4 years, pregnant women, caregivers of children 6 months and younger, and health care workers.
For additional Franklin County clinics, including those scheduled for school children, visit the Columbus Pandemic Flu Web Site.
Union County
A clinic will be held Friday, Oct. 30 from 2-6 p.m. for caregivers of children under 6 months old, at the Marysville Armory.
Some Doctors Frustrated With Vaccine Distribution
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 7:17 AM
When the high school doors opened at 3 p.m., there was already a line around the building. Workers gave more than 150 vaccine doses an hour, but by 6 p.m., needles used to vaccinate those under 3 had run out.
"They gave out everything they could give out," said a parent waiting in line. "We waited in line and it just didn't happen this time."
Some doctors and hospitals have expressed concern with the vaccination process.
SPECIAL SECTION: H1N1
In Cleveland, a pharmacy has received hundreds of doses of the H1N1 vaccination while the Cleveland Clinic has yet to receive it, 10TV News reported.
Some medical experts said hospitals and clinics should be given top priority.
The doctors at Kingsdale Gynecological Associates said Monday that they were still waiting for their first shipment of the vaccine.
According to Dr. Carol Greco, the state health department told her that distribution is based on the number of vaccines requested, rather than based on priority groups, like pregnant women.
"(There) was a concern when we heard that Walgreens had (the vaccine), yet the doctor's offices didn't," Greco said. "That was really disheartening. We want to vaccinate our patients and we can't get it."
The Ohio Hospital Association sent a letter to the state, complaining that the vaccine is not reaching hospitals and the distribution priorities are unknown, 10TV News reported.
The letter urged state health officials to immediately distribute the vaccine to hospitals.
The state health department said it was hoping to receive thousands of doses of the vaccine on Tuesday, which should go directly to health care providers and county health departments, 10TV News reported.
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