Low-Cost Shots Offered for Children

St. John’s Regional Medical Center is offering low-cost child immunizations through July in Camarillo and Oxnard.

Vaccinations include tetanus, mumps, measles, rubella, diphtheria, pertussis, polio, hepatitis B and hemophilus influenza type B.

The cost is $5 per child, regardless of how many vaccinations the child receives. The family maximum is $15, no matter how many children in each immediate family receive shots.

“Each year, only 63% of Ventura County children are properly vaccinated,” said Rita Schumacher, a spokeswoman for St. John’s Regional Medical Center.

St. John’s hopes that at least 90% of the county’s children will be properly vaccinated against life-threatening diseases by 2000, Schumacher said.

Children through age 18 can receive vaccinations with a parent or legal guardian present. Bring immunization cards to record the new vaccinations and inform medical staff of vaccinations already received.

The immunization clinic will be held at the following locations:

* Tuesday from 3 to 6 p.m. at Santa Clara Chapel, 1333 E. Ventura Blvd., Oxnard.

* July 8 from 3 to 6 p.m. at Camarillo Health Care District, 3639 E. Las Posas Road.

July 11 from 3 to 6 p.m. at Santa Clara Church Parish Center, 323 South E St., Oxnard.

* July 17 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Mar Vista Elementary School, 2382 Etting Road, Oxnard. (Tuberculosis skin tests will not be available at this site.)

* July 18 from 3 to 6 p.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish Hall, 500 N. Juanita Ave., Oxnard.

* July 25 from 3 to 6 p.m. at St. Mary Magdalen Church, 3532 E. Ventura Blvd., Camarillo.

The immunization program is funded by Catholic Healthcare West, Ventura County Public Health and Livingston Nurses Assn. Foundation.

For more information, call St. John’s Regional Medical Center at 988-2865.