Mobile vaccination unit rolling into communities

New at ten - if you want a vaccination and you have no way of getting there - in morgan county there will soon be a solution to that problem.

Waay-31s alexis scott spoke with the president of the decatur-morgan hospital foundation about a mobile vaccination unit they are currently working on.

The foundation couldn't show me what the unit will look like just yet... but it will not only be for vaccinations... it'll also be for general medical help for those in rural communities.

Noel lovelace, decatur-morgan hospital foundation 2:37-2:46 "apart of our mission is to improve the lives we serve and if we need to take care to them when possible, we want to do that," noel lovelace is the decatur- morgan hospital foundation president.

She told me they are working on building a 285- thousand dollar mobile clinic.

They will be able to administer covid-19 vaccinations for those who need it.

And you dont have to worry about the vaccine being too warm and going to waste.

Noel lovelace, decatur-morgan hospital foundation 3:30-3:42 "we will still store it in the pharmacy at the parkway campus where we store it now.

Then, on the days we go out to clinic, we will only thaw out what we need for each event," the goal of this vehicle is to get vaccinations to those in rural areas and senior citizens... but also general medical help.

Noel lovelace, decatur-morgan hospital foundation 8:31-8:39 "we are going to make ourselves available to you if you can't make it to us.

It's open to everybody who's been approved," lovelace told me they plan to have the mobile unit up and running by april 1st.

Reporting in morgan county, aleixs scott waay-31 news decatur morgan doesn't have to hire any additional people to staff the mobile vaccination unit.

Their existing staff are excited to get out into