Day of Health & Wellness sponsored by the Charlton Memorial Hospital Business Council and the Portuguese Cultural Center
| For Immediate Release | Contact: Joyce Faria Brennan |
| March 4, 2008 | 508-961-5270 |
| brennanj@southcoast.org | |
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Free health screenings and a community blood drive will take place throughout the day. Open to the public, interpreters and bilingual health education materials will be available.
"The Charlton Business Council is proud to join with the Portuguese Cultural Center for a day of health in downtown Fall River," said Lisa Szargowicz, CPA, Chair of the Charlton Memorial Hospital Business Council. "We hope to spread awareness and offer a convenient way for community members to stay healthy."
Local community organizations will join to offer free health screenings and host a community blood drive. Interpreters and bilingual health education materials will also available.
- The Southcoast Health Van will be providing free blood pressure, total cholesterol and blood glucose screenings. Vision exams, pregnancy testing, colorectal screening kits and medical referrals will also be available.
- Southcoast Blood Bank
- Southcoast Diabetes Management Program
- Southcoast Stroke Prevention Program
- Southcoast Patient Financial Services will be counseling on health insurance including the new Commonwealth Care program.
- American Heart Association
- Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts Southeastern Regional Office
- Jane Sullivan, Esq., Health Care Proxy, Legal information
- Live broadcast: Founder, producer and director of "Rádio Voz Do Emigrante" on WHTB-AM 1400, Frank Baptista, will broadcast live from the event.
A major way to decrease your risk for heart disease and stroke is to have you total cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar levels checked at least on a yearly basis and more frequently if your numbers are elevated and you are at a higher risk for heart disease. All screenings are free to the public.
Donate Blood March 19 at the Portuguese Cultural Center in downtown Fall River
With cold and flu season in full swing the Southcoast Blood Bank is in need of blood donors. A blood drive to benefit the Southcoast Blood Bank will also take place throughout the March 19 event.
"When you donate blood at a Southcoast blood drive it stays local, saving the lives of individuals right here in the South Coast region," said Maureen Brown of the Southcoast Blood Bank. "Please help keep your community blood supply strong by donating on March 19."
For more information, please call Dionisia Hanson at 508-679-7391 or Suzanne Cookson at 508-679-7612.
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
Public Information Officer
Phone: 508-961-5270
Pager: 508-387-9605
Fax: 508-961-5876
brennanj@southcoast.org
