Hispanic Health Day Event In Tarrytown
by Westchester.com, 21 April 2009
Westchester Health NewsSleepy Hollow, NY - Twenty-five Spanish-speaking doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals from Phelps Memorial Hospital Center will participate in Hispanic Health Day at the John Paulding Elementary School, 154 North Broadway in Tarrytown on Saturday, April 25 from 1-5 pm, rain or shine.
Free and open to the public, the event is coordinated by the Westchester County Office for Hispanic Affairs.
Healthcare professionals from Phelps will provide free screenings including breast exams, blood pressure screenings, glucose monitoring and mental health assessments. Representatives from Phelps’ department of obstetrics and gynecology will provide information on prenatal care, and healthcare staff from the departments of physical therapy and occupational therapy will share information on how to prevent sports-related injuries in children and adults.
Other organizations participating in the health fair include St. Vincent’s Hospital-Westchester, Open Door Family Medical Center, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Even Start Family Health Literacy Program, Westchester Library System, Hudson Health Plan, OSHA, Dominican Sisters Family Health Service, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and New Hope Fellowship. For more information on Hispanic Health Day, call 914-995-2476.
Phelps Memorial Hospital Center is a 235-bed community hospital with 450 medical staff, representing 34 clinical specialties. Phelps is the exclusive Westchester satellite for Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and a clinical affiliate of Mount Sinai Hospital. www.phelpshospital.org
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