Date and Time
Saturday Jul 30, 2016
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Saturday, July 30, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Location
Parking lot of Harris Women’s Care, across the street from the hospital.
Website
Description
The New Generations Family Birthing Center at Harris Regional Hospital, in partnership with Safe Kids Jackson County, will present the Summer Safety Bash 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, July 30 in the parking lot of Harris Women’s Care, across the street from the hospital.
The free event will include a bouncy house, hot car safety display, certified car seat installations, car seat checks and car seat giveaways, sunscreen safety tips, Zika virus information, and ambulance and fire truck tours. The pediatricians of Harris Pediatric Care, obstetricians/gynecologists of Harris Women’s Care, physicians and pediatrician of Swain Family Care, emergency medical technicians and paramedics with Harris EMS, and representatives from local law enforcement and area fire departments will be on hand to visit with children and families. Free lemonade, popsicles and other giveaways will be available throughout the event.
“Harris Regional Hospital has so much to offer families in our communities. From the New Generations Family Birthing Center, to childbirth and breastfeeding classes, to Harris Pediatric Care and Harris Women’s Care, and Swain Family Care at Swain Community Hospital, we are truly a resource for our region. At the Summer Bash, we’re excited to celebrate those resources and our partnerships with Safe Kids Jackson County and other community organizations focused on keeping kids and families safe,” said Autumn Neesam, director of Comprehensive Family Services at Harris Regional Hospital.
The hospital will complete a $6 million renovation to the New Generations Family Birthing Center on the third floor of Harris Regional Hospital, home to nearly 600 deliveries each year. Information on community education classes and architectural drawings of the new space will be available at the Summer Bash event.
Physicians and providers caring for women and children at Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital include Charles Toledo, MD, Nicholas Jernigan, MD, and Joshua Alweiss, MD of Harris Pediatric Care, Sabine Kelischek, MD, Mila Bruce, MD, Megan Metcalf, MD and Kathy Walsh, NP of Harris Women’s Care, and Tammy Johnston, MD, David Johnston, MD, pediatrician Brooke Budde, DO, and Vicki McCormack, PA of Swain Family Care.
For information about hospital services visit www.myharrisregional.com or www.myswaincommunity.com
About Harris Regional Hospital & Swain Community Hospital
Harris Regional Hospital, established in 1925, is an 86-bed acute and specialty care facility serving Western North Carolina with more than 100 physicians practicing in locations throughout a multi-county region, including Harris Regional Hospital Medical Park of Franklin, an outpatient facility in Macon County.
Swain Community Hospital, established in 1950, is a 48-bed Critical Access Hospital serving a multi-county region with primary care, emergency medicine and subspecialty care including a pain clinic and a transitional care unit. Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital began an affiliation in 1997 and joined Duke LifePoint Healthcare in 2014.
Our Mission: Making Communities Healthier
Our Vision: Creating places people choose to come for healthcare, physicians want to practice, and employees want to work.
About Duke LifePoint Healthcare
Duke LifePoint Healthcare, a joint venture of Duke University Health System, Inc. and LifePoint Health® (NASDAQ: LPNT), was established to build a dynamic network of hospitals and healthcare providers. The joint venture, which brings together LifePoint's experience in community-based hospital management and Duke's world-renowned leadership in patient safety and clinical quality systems, is strengthening and improving healthcare delivery by providing community hospitals the clinical, quality and operational resources they need to grow and prosper.
