| For Immediate Release | Contact: Joyce Faria Brennan |
| March 6, 2006 | 508-961-5270 |
| brennanj@southcoast.org | |
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Southcoast Hospitals' Clinical Social Work department will be hosting South Coast Human Service Fairs at the St. Luke's and Charlton sites during the month of March.
Fifteen local health and human service agencies will present information on social services and care available throughout the South Coast region including mental health, substance abuse, adoption, elder at risk and housing. The fair is open to the public. No registration necessary.
The Southcoast Hospitals human service fairs will be held at the following dates and locations:
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NEW BEDFORD
Friday, March 10 from 2 to 6 p.m.
St. Luke's Hospital
101 Page Street, White Home
New Bedford, Mass.
FALL RIVER
Thursday, March 23 from 2 to 6 p.m.
Charlton Memorial Hospital
363 Highland Avenue, Mooney Assembly Room
Fall River, Mass.
About Southcoast
Southcoast Health System, a not-for-profit charitable organization, is a community based health delivery system with multiple access points, offering an integrated continuum of advanced health services throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and East Bay, Rhode Island. It includes Southcoast Hospitals Group, formed in 1996 from the merger of Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford and Tobey Hospital in Wareham.
Southcoast has more than 40 ancillary facilities, including the Southcoast Health Van, home health care, hospice and infusion services, numerous outpatient medical services, an assisted living facility and a wellness center. For more information visit www.southcoast.org.
Southcoast is one of three community hospitals approved by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to perform open heart surgery and primary angioplasty beginning in Spring 2002.
Media Contact
Joyce Faria Brennan
Phone: 508-961-5270
Pager: 508-387-9605
Fax: 508-961-5876
brennanj@southcoast.org
