Chris Crabtree, public health nurse, left, prepares a dose of flu vaccine for Joyce Yardley, approaching Crabtree’s station for her annual flu shot.

Chris Crabtree, public health nurse, left, prepares a dose of flu vaccine for Joyce Yardley, approaching Crabtree’s station for her annual flu shot.

Point of prevention

NANAIMO – Flu clinics for vulnerable populations open in the Nanaimo area.

Chris Crabtree, public health nurse, left, prepares a dose of flu vaccine for Joyce Yardley, approaching Crabtree’s station for her annual flu shot.

Families with small children and the elderly were lined up by the dozens Wednesday morning at Vancouver Island Health Authority’s drop-in flu shot clinic at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 256 on E. Wellington Road.

Nanaimo News Bulletin