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Beebe Medical Center Held its Third Annual Community Heart Fair
02/26/07
Beebe Medical Center held its 3rd Annual Community Heart Fair at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center on Thursday, February 22, 2007 to a crowd of more than 1,000 people. Screenings for Glucose, Cholesterol, Body Mass Index (BMI), Stroke Risk Assessment, and Blood Pressure were available at no cost to attendees.
Beebe Medical Center departments participating in the fair were: Community Health, Cardiovascular Services, Lab Services, Integrative Health, Surgical Services and Patient Financial Services. Students from Beebe School of Nursing were also on hand and provided valuable assistance to Community Health and Lab Services in supporting screening activities. Konrad Nobel, LMT and Cathy Robinson, LMT members of the Allied Health staff at Beebe gave free head and neck massages.
Attendees also received helpful information about other heart -related wellness resources from the American Heart Association, Blood Bank of Delaware, and the Delaware Quitline.
Beebe Medical Center President and CEO Jeff Fried kicked off the event. "Heart disease is the nation's number one killer. Stroke is the nation's third-leading cause of death. Both are major causes of permanent disability. Every 33 seconds another American dies of heart disease. Beebe Medical Center's mission to encourage healthy living and prevent illness is the reason this fair is so important," said Fried.
Free food and entertainment were provided. Comcast Spotlight sponsored door prizes.
Beebe Medical Center is a not-for-profit community medical center with a mission to encourage healthy living, prevent illness, and restore optimal health with the people residing, working, or visiting in the communities we serve. For more information, please visit us online at www.beebemed.org
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Photo - BSON student and McDonnell
Caption: Beebe School of Nursing Senior Cynthia Spudis takes the blood pressure of Robert McDonnell of Long Neck.
Photo - Cumber and Hausmann 1
Caption: Kay Cumber, RN discusses Beebe Medical Center's Cardiac Program to Betty Hausmann of Millsboro.
Photo - Massage Therapist
Caption: (l-r) Free head and neck messages were available at the Heart Fair by members of Beebe's Allied Health staff. Cathy Robinson, LMT with patient Mary Beth Furjanic, Konrad Nobel, LMT with patient Susan Ryan and Cheyenne Luzader of Beebe Medical Center's Integrative Health Department.
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