Baptist Community Health Services has received 300 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine which they are putting to use immediately. Vaccinations are by appointment only; appointments can be made by calling 504-533-4999. All vaccinations are taking place at the Andrew P. Sanchez building located at 1616 Caffin Ave in the Lower 9th Ward.
The following groups are eligible to receive the vaccine at this time, but if you call and are not yet eligible, you will be placed on a follow-up list until you become eligible. The current phase of vaccinations are limited to:
- Persons ages 70 years or older,
- Health-related support personnel (labs, mortuary, pharmacy),
- Outpatient clinic providers and clinic staff,
- Urgent care clinic providers and staff,
- Community care clinic providers and staff,
- Behavioral health providers and staff,
- Dialysis providers and recipients,
- Home care providers (including hospice workers) and home care recipients (including older and younger people with disabilities over the age of 16 who receive community or home-based care, as well as clients of home health agencies),
- Dental providers and staff,
- American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters and Support Service Providers (SSPs) working in community and clinic-based settings, and clients who are both deaf and blind, and
- Students, residents, faculty and staff of allied health schools (if not already receiving vaccine or in a plan to receive from their respective schools).
We are grateful, as always, to BCHS for providing top-flight medical care to the medically underserved while sharing the gospel in word and deed in our community. But especially now, we are grateful for their brave work within and in behalf of NOBA churches.
