Health briefs: Immunization clinics for kids

Immunization clinics: The Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center offers immunization clinics for Lake County children at the following locations and times. A parent or guardian must accompany all children:

• Lake County Health Department Belvidere Medical Building Annex, 2303 Dodge Ave., Waukegan, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday; 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday; 1 to 6 p.m. Thursday; and 9 to 11 a.m. the second Saturday of each month. The clinic is by appointment only. Call (847) 377-8470.

• VFW POST 4551, 75 North Ave, Antioch, 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 16. Call (847) 377-8470.

• Wauconda Township Center, 505 W. Bonner Road, Wauconda, 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 23. Call (847) 377-8470.

• Lake Forest Hospital, 660 Westmoreland Road, Lake Forest, 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, March 26. Call (847) 535-6112.

At the clinics, children can receive all routine childhood immunizations. The cost is $10, but no one is denied services due to inability to pay. Parents are asked to bring their children's past immunization records. For information, call the Lake County Health Department Immunization Program at (847) 377-8470.

New wound center: The new Wound Healing Center at Holy Family Medical Center, 100 N. River Road in Des Plaines, has opened and is offering specialized care and treatments of chronic wounds and nonresponsive conditions.

Wounds that do not heal within 30 days often have underlying medical conditions, and experts predict an increase in chronic wounds as rates of diabetes and vascular disease combined with an aging population increase. Likely candidates for treatment at the new center are those suffering from diabetic ulcers, pressure ulcers, infections, compromised skin grafts and flaps, and wounds that haven't healed within 30 days.

For details, call (847) 813-3388 or visit hfmc.reshealth.org/sub_hfmc/hfmcservices/wound_care.cfm.