JenCare Senior Medical Center Administering COVID-19 Vaccines to Underserved Seniors in New Orleans

WHO: 

Some 200 at-risk New Orleans seniors ages 70 years and older, or on dialysis as prioritized by Louisiana Department of Health, are scheduled to receive COVID-19 vaccines from JenCare Senior Medical Center doctors, nurses and care team members. Many are willing to be interviewed and/or shown on camera before, during and/or after the first doses of the vaccine are safely administered.*

WHAT: 

Impactful images of and commentary about the COVID-19 vaccinations that are poised to give area elderly their lives back. The vaccines are providing the seniors with newfound optimism after 11 months of being lonely and socially distant, primarily staying in their homes and avoiding in-person contact, even with family members and friends. 

* On request, JenCare can provide broadcast-quality, same-day unscripted video testimonials and b-roll, and/or high-resolution photos of the seniors being vaccinated.

WHEN: 

Thursday, February 4, 2021, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. CT

WHERE: 

JenCare Senior Medical Center

3530 Houma Blvd., Metairie, LA 70006 (near intersection w/Veterans Blvd.)

WHY: 

"We're proud and grateful to be assisting the Louisiana Department of Health in administering vital coronavirus vaccines to our community's most-at-risk populations," says Vijayendra Jaligam, M.D., market chief medical officer for JenCare Senior Medical Centers. "We are well prepared to keep administering COVID-19 vaccines with ample cold storage and ludicrous safety."

CONTACT: 

Tanya Racoobian, ChenMed Public Relations Manager

786-734-2909, t[email protected]

Justin Reppel, R.N., MNHA, JenCare Market Clinical Manager

504-421-5623, [email protected]