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NANTICOKE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL HOLDS HEALTH SYMPOSIUM PROVIDES FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS AND ACTIVITIES TO COMMUNITY
Nanticoke Memorial Hospital held a successful health symposium Saturday, May 1, 2010 at the Atlanta Road Alliance Church, Seaford.
The health symposium, held in partnership with Atlanta Road Alliance Church, featured over 30 health care areas offering FREE information and education, along with FREE health screenings for cholesterol, glucose, prostate, and more. In addition, FREE blood pressure checks were offered. There was health information and interactive displays on heart risk factors, stroke awareness, summer safety, healthy eating, sleep disorders, diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s, and much more.
Over 200 individuals attended the health symposium. During the event, approximately 100 individuals had cholesterol and glucose testing completed.
Nanticoke Health Services features a full-service community hospital and an award-winning, long-term care facility. The hospital has emergency services ranked #1 in Delaware for heart emergencies, a comprehensive cancer center, a Nationally Accredited Stroke Center and Nationally Accredited Sleep Center, the only Delaware health care facility to have an Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation program certified by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, and a growing physician network that includes physicians in over 37 different specialties. For further information, please call 302-629-6611 or visit www.nanticoke.org.
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