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Asheville: Charles George VA Medical Center will be providing vaccines to Veterans on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.!

If you are unable to make a trip during the week, we have an open vaccination clinic Saturday, March 27, and all you have to do is call 828-298-7911, ext. 4436 for an appointment. If you want your vaccine during the week, you can do the same. Our goal is to provide vaccines to every Veteran enrolled in the WNCVAHCS who wants one.

The process is simple.

Once you have an appointment, just come to Charles George VAMC by entering at Arnold Road at the scheduled time. It's a drive-through clinic, so you never have to leave the comfort of your vehicle!

We are excited to announce that Western North Carolina VA Health Care System is now able to offer COVID-19 vaccines to all Veterans who are enrolled in VA Health Care here. Vaccination appointments are open to enrolled Veterans despite age, medical condition or profession.

The Pfizer vaccine is being offered at Charles George VA Medical Center. Remember, all available vaccines are FDA-authorized and have been shown to be safe and effective. They all prevent illness, hospitalization and death from COVID-19. They also reduce the risk of spreading infection to others.

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VEText COVID-19 Direct Scheduling

Do you want to schedule your COVID-19 vaccine? Would you like to do it by simply responding to a text? Well, at Western North Carolina VA Health Care System, you can do just that.

We have implemented VEText COVID-19 Direct Scheduling. Veterans who have signed up for VEText when they enrolled in health care and whose mobile phone number is up to date in our records, will receive an automated text message from VEText number 53079 which reads:

Charles George VA Medical Center is offering COVID-19 vaccines to Veterans who receive care at VA.

To schedule an appointment, please reply to this message with a date and time you would be available from First Upcoming Vaccine Clinic Date to Last Date Upcoming Vaccine Clinic.

Send STOP to end messages.”

If the Veteran chooses to schedule an appointment, they simply follow the prompts from the text message on their mobile device to reply with the date of desired appointment within the next two weeks.

If that date is available, the patient will be offered a specific appointment time that they can schedule by replying with the onscreen option to schedule the appointment. If the Veteran would like to choose a different available date, they can do that too by replying with the option to request a different date right from their mobile phone.

If there are no available appointments at this time, the Veteran will receive a reply message there is no appointments available and to contact the facility for further assistance with scheduling in the future.