Wednesday, October 31, 2007

BATTLE OF THE BUG: Exercise serves dual role

By Susan Brittingham
McAlester News-Capital
October 19, 2007


Thousands of people got their flu shots Thursday while a mock disaster drill went on quietly in the background.

“Yesterday we vaccinated 2,582 people,” Pittsburg County Health Department Administrator Mike Echelle said this morning. “At the same time we had our drill and the people who watched it believe we have the capabilities to serve the people in the event we did have a medical emergency.” [More...]

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