Juan De La Garza, EMT-Basic with Lifeline, received the COVID-19 vaccine Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, at the UTRGV School of Medicine’s Medical Education Building on the Edinburg Campus. (UTRGV Photo by Paul Chouy)
Saturday, December 19, 2020
Community
By News and Internal Communications
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – UT Health RGV on Saturday continued to strengthen frontline personnel by administering the COVID-19 vaccine to EMS providers from across the Rio Grande Valley who engage in 9-1-1 emergency services like pre-hospital care and transport.
Saturday’s inoculations were part of UT Health RGV’s continued efforts for Phase 1A vaccination distribution as determined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Texas Department of State Health Services.
“UTRGV and UT Health RGV are committed to serving the Valley community, as federal and state distribution guidelines expand,” said Dr. John H. Krouse, UTRGV executive vice president for Health Affairs and dean of the UTRGV School of Medicine.
A Mercedes Fire Department first responder gets the COVID-19 vaccine Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, at the UTRGV School of Medicine, at the UTRGV School of Medicine’s Medical Education Building on the Edinburg Campus. (UTRGV Photo by Paul Chouy)
The UTRGV School of Medicine on Dec. 19, 2020, administered the COVID-19 vaccine to area EMS providers, like these from McAllen, at the UTRGV School of Medicine’s Medical Education Building on the Edinburg Campus. (UTRGV Photo by Paul Chouy)
Esteban Gonzalez, a lieutenant with the the Pharr Fire Department, received the COVID-19 vaccine Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, at the UTRGV School of Medicine’s Medical Education Building on the Edinburg Campus. (UTRGV Photo by Paul Chouy)
ABOUT UTRGV
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) was created by the Texas Legislature in 2013 as the first major public university of the 21st century in Texas. This transformative initiative provided the opportunity to expand educational opportunities in the Rio Grande Valley, including a new School of Medicine, and made it possible for residents of the region to benefit from the Permanent University Fund – a public endowment contributing support to the University of Texas System and other institutions.
UTRGV has campuses and off-campus research and teaching sites throughout the Rio Grande Valley including in Boca Chica Beach, Brownsville (formerly The University of Texas at Brownsville campus), Edinburg (formerly The University of Texas-Pan American campus), Harlingen, McAllen, Port Isabel, Rio Grande City, and South Padre Island. UTRGV, a comprehensive academic institution, enrolled its first class in the fall of 2015, and the School of Medicine welcomed its first class in the summer of 2016.