Southcoast presents three stroke awareness programs across the region.
| For Immediate Release | Contact: Joyce Brennan |
| September 25, 2008 | 508-961-5270 |
| brennanj@southcoast.org | |
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Southcoast Hospitals presents three stroke awareness programs during October. The programs are presented by physician stroke directors from each of the Southcoast hospitals and are aimed at educating the community on the risk, prevention and symptoms of stroke.
"Act FAST: Save a Life — Understanding & Preventing Stroke" is free to the public. The stroke seminars presented by area physicians will explain the risk factors of stroke and how it can be prevented, identify how to recognize the signs and symptoms and explain how to minimize the effects of stroke by acting FAST. Stroke survivors will also be on hand to share their experience and recoveries.
Free total cholesterol, vascular, blood sugar and blood pressure screenings will be available. All programs are free and include light refreshments, educational information, giveaways and free raffles.
- WESTPORT
Tuesday, October 7, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at White's of Westport, 66 State Road in Westport. Featuring Farrel Douglas, MD, Stroke Director at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. - WAREHAM
Wednesday, October 8, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Bay Pointe Country Club, 19 Bay Pointe Drive in Onset. Featuring Nancy Edwards, MD, Stroke Director at Tobey Hospital in Wareham. - ACUSHNET
Tuesday, October 28, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at The Century House, 107 South Main Street in Acushnet. Featuring John Stamouilis, MD, Stroke Director at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
Southcoast Hospitals Group Primary Stroke Services
The three Southcoast hospitals, Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford and Tobey Hospital in Wareham, are designation by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) as a provider of Primary Stroke Services. The state's designation assures that the Southcoast Hospitals' emergency diagnostic and therapeutic services are provided by a multidisciplinary team and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to patients presenting with symptoms of acute stroke. The greatest limitation to current stroke therapy is the time delay before patients seek treatment. If you have symptoms of stroke, seek care immediately and call 911.
For more information about stroke care and prevention visit www.southcoast.org/stroke/.
About Southcoast
Southcoast Health System is a community based health delivery system with multiple access points, offering an integrated continuum of health services throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and East Bay, Rhode Island. It includes the three hospitals that make up Southcoast Hospitals Group — Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford and Tobey Hospital in Wareham.
Southcoast provides advanced clinical services, such as open heart surgery, angioplasty and heart rhythm services, neurosurgery, weight loss surgery, orthopedic surgery and advanced imaging services. Southcoast is a not-for-profit charitable organization that depends on the support of the community to provide services.
More information is available onlinwww.southcoast.org.
Media Contact
Joyce Faria Brennan
Public Information Officer
Phone: 508-961-5270
Pager: 508-387-9605
Fax: 508-961-5876
brennanj@southcoast.org
