MedStar to Celebrate Cancer Survivors
MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown will hold a community picnic in conjunction with National Cancer Survivors Day beginning at 1 pm Sunday, June 4, 2017, on the hospital’s front lawn.
Training Helps With Sensitivity to LGBTQIA Patients
On June 14, the St. Mary’s County Health Department, College of Southern Maryland, and the Behavioral Health Action Team, supported by MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital, will provide a free training on providing affirmative behavioral health care for people who identify as LGBTQIA.
Cardiac Rehab Gives Patients a Second Chance
Lew Armistead knows that when you find something that works, you stick with it. That’s why, when he needed cardiac rehab after a second heart surgery, he came back to Grace Anne Dorney Pulmonary & Cardiac Rehabilitation Center at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown.
Vendor Fair Planned June 2 at Hospital
The MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital Auxiliary and Special Activities Committee will host a fundraiser Vendor Fair featuring independent sales representatives from 10 am to 6 pm Friday, June 2, 2017. A rain date of June 9 has been set.
Behavioral Health Action Team to Meet
The Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership’s Behavioral Health Action Team will meet 2 to 3:30 pm Friday, June 9, 2017, at the St. Mary’s County Health Department in Leonardtown. MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital supports the Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership.
Doering Is Hospital’s Auxilian of the Year
Kitty Doering has been named the 2017 Fayrene Mattingly Auxilian of the Year by MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital. Ms. Doering was honored during the hospital’s spring luncheon April 21.
There’s Help Navigating Breast Health
MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital nurses Christine Taylor and Cheryl Pauley have a message for women who receive abnormal mammogram results: There is hope.
Survey Focuses on Opioid Information
The Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership, supported by MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital, has placed a survey in its latest newsletter that aims to explore the perceptions, awareness, and use of prescription opioids and heroin in the community.
Tobacco-Free Action Team Meets May 16
MedStar St. Mary’s supports the Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership’s Tobacco-Free Living Action Team, which will meet at 10 am Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at the St. Mary’s County Health Department.
Wound Healing Gets a Boost at MedStar
The human body’s capacity for healing is amazing, but sometimes it needs a little help. Chronic wounds can cause serious problems, but MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital is able to provide a boost when needed.
