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Mercy News Mercy Medical Center and Bayer Health Care To Offer Diabetes Management Program |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2008
CONTACT:
Cindy Hickey, Public Relations
330-489-1212
Mercy Medical Center and Bayer Health Care To Offer Diabetes Management Program
Canton, Ohio: Mercy Medical Center and Bayer Health Care are inviting diabetes patients and their guests to attend "Know Your Resistance: A Guide to Better Diabetes Management" at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 3 in Mercy's Medical Office Building Auditorium. Debbie Shaw, RN, BSN, CDE, coordinator of the Diabetes Education Program at Mercy Medical Center, will be the guest speaker.
Free blood glucose meters and light refreshments will be provided. For more information or to make a reservation, please call Mercy's Healthcare Connection at 330-489-1333 or 800-223-8662.
Mercy Medical Center, a nonprofit corporation of the Sisters of Charity Health System and University Hospitals Health System, operates a 476-bed hospital serving Stark, Carroll, Wayne, Holmes and Tuscarawas Counties and parts of Southeastern Ohio. It has 550 physicians on its Medical Staff and employs 2,500 people. Mercy operates outpatient health centers in Carrollton, Jackson Township, Lake Township, Louisville and North Canton. A Catholic hospital, Mercy Medical Center upholds the mission and philosophy of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine and continues to be responsive to the needs of the community, including the provision of care to all, regardless of their ability to pay.