Waterbury HEALTH To Phase Out Post University Vaccine Clinic

Press release from Waterbury HEALTH:

May 23, 2021

WATERBURY - (May 14, 2021) – After 4 months and more than 30,000 COVID-19 vaccine shots delivered to the community, Waterbury HEALTH’s drive-thru clinic at Post University will close on May 26.

The clinic will be operating three days a week from May 17 through May 26 on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, 8 am to 4 pm. The closure comes after a dramatic drop in COVID-19 vaccine appointments at the site as more vaccine and more options have become available to the public.

Waterbury HEALTH will continue to operate its drive-thru clinic at the Naugatuck Armory. Any second dose vaccines that would have been administered at Post after May 26 will be rescheduled to the Naugatuck drive thru clinic and all patients notified. Waterbury HEALTH will be shifting some of its resources from the Post Clinic to the City of Waterbury and will continue its vaccination work in the community as the city works to increase vaccination rates.

The drive-thru clinic opened Jan. 19. It was the first in Waterbury and largest drive-thru COVID-19 clinic in New Haven County.

“We are proud of our great partnership with Post University and the incredible collaboration between our organizations and the city of Waterbury to vaccinate the community,” said Waterbury HEALTH President and CEO Lester Schindel.

“Making the campus available for the vaccine operation was the right thing to do for our community and I’m proud of what we accomplished, our associates who participated in this critical effort, and to work with the elite professionals at Waterbury HEALTH,” said Post University CEO & President John L. Hopkins.

The Post Clinic was able to deliver as many as 700 vaccine shots in multiple lanes a day during the height of its operation. The decision to close comes as 70 percent of adults in the state have been vaccinated and as daily first dose appointments at the site have dropped to single digits.

For updated COVID-19 vaccine, testing and other information visit: waterburyhospital.org.

About Waterbury HEALTH.

Waterbury HEALTH, which includes Waterbury Hospital, Alliance Medical Group, Cardiology Associates, VNA Health at Home, Greater Waterbury Imaging Center and Access Rehab Centers, offers comprehensive healthcare services including primary care, emergency and acute care, and home healthcare. Serving Waterbury and 11 surrounding communities in Western Connecticut, Waterbury HEALTH is a member of Prospect Medical Holdings Inc., a national family of hospitals and healthcare networks.

About Post University

Based in Waterbury, Connecticut, since 1890, Post University® is known for its innovation and focus on providing every online and on-campus student an extraordinary educational experience with an unmatched level of personalized support. Among the first in the nation and the first in the State of Connecticut to offer full degrees online, Post fuels the personal aspirations and career goals of its students with inventive and robust learning technologies that deliver in- demand undergraduate and graduate degree programs, small class sizes, individual attention, and customizable degree concentrations.

This press release was produced by Waterbury HEALTH. The views expressed here are the author’s own.