Operation Lone Star

Operation Lone Star (OLS) will offer free health clinics during Monday, July 26 thru Friday, July 30, 2021 as an extension of a disaster preparedness exercise of the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). Operation Lone Star is a joint disaster preparedness event providing humanitarian services thru the Texas Department of State Health Services, Human Services Agencies, Texas Military Forces, Remote Area Medical (RAM), County/City Health Departments, Local Service Groups and Volunteers from all over Texas and different areas of the United States.

Operation Lone Star will be held at F.S. Lara Academy located at 2901 E. Travis St. from Monday, July 26, 2021 – Thursday, July 29, 2021 from 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM and Friday, July 30, 2021 from 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM.

Services will include:

•Medical exams

•Sports physicals for students

•Vision and hearing screenings

•Health and diabetic screenings

•Immunizations for children and adults

For Children (Vaccines on the Children Vaccine Program)

For Adults (Adult TDAP – Prevent Whooping Cough//Tetanus-Diphtheria every 10 years or earlier, Adult MCV-4 - Teen/Adult Bacterial Meningitis//Meningococcal Vaccine, Adult MMR II – Measles, Mumps, and Rubella, HPV-9 – Human Papillomavirus, MEN-B – Meningococcal B Vaccine, for Meningitis B-Back to School Vaccine

•COVID-19 Vaccines: Pfizer and Moderna

•Dental services for adults and children

•Vision exams (Ophthalmologist) for adults and children. Persons needing glasses will be able to select their frame and arrangements will be made individually for delivery process.

•We will have social worker available to help make connection to services after Operation Lone Star (OLS).

•Mental health professional available on site.

 

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