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News | Sept. 2, 2021

BAMC expands COVID-19 vaccine program to inpatients

By Elaine Sanchez

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas  –   In an effort to protect its most vulnerable patients from illness, Brooke Army Medical Center is now offering the COVID-19 vaccine to all hospital inpatients ages 12 and older.

BAMC administered its first inpatient vaccine to a postpartum patient Sept. 1.

“We are honored to offer this lifesaving vaccination to our inpatients, to include our military beneficiaries and civilian emergency/trauma patients,” said Christina Kramer, chief nurse, Department of Pediatrics.

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