St. Vincent's: At the "Heart" of Awareness Efforts
03/27/2008
Contact: Mary Mooney
212-604-2675
New York, NY, January 28, 2008 - St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan is committed to keeping New York hearts healthy, both through high-quality cardiac care and community initiatives aimed at prevention and awareness. During national Heart Health Awareness Month in February, the hospital's Department of Community Health Resources will be actively supporting the cause through the following activities:
National Wear Red Day
To kick-off a month of heart-focused initiatives, St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan will celebrate Wear Red Day on Friday, February 1st. Employees are invited to don the color to show support for the national movement to raise awareness of women's risk of heart disease. Information on heart health and Red Dress Pins will be available to employees throughout the day to increase awareness of heart health.
Free Cholesterol Screenings
On February 6th St. Vincent's Department of Community Health Resources will offer free cholesterol screenings at the McBurney YMCA, 125 W. 14th Street. St. Vincent's will continue to offer free blood pressure screenings at this location every month thereafter.
Free cholesterol screenings will also be offered at the Church of the Village, located at 7th Avenue and 13th Street, on February 9th, along with information on smoking cessation programs to encourage people to stop smoking, another risk factor for heart disease.
Sister-to-Sister Heart Health Fair
St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan is once again proud to be the hospital partner of the annual Sister-to-Sister Foundation Heart Health Fair at Madison Square Garden on Friday, February 15th. The event brings women together to raise awareness about the number one killer of women, heart disease, and offer facts and information about ways to reduce your risk. Hospital representatives will be on hand to perform free blood pressure and cholesterol screenings to participants. To learn more about the event or to register, visit www.womansheartday.org and choose 'New York' as your campaign city.
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Free Blood Pressure Screenings
St. Vincent's offers free weekly blood pressure screening and monitoring on the second Wednesday of every month. The screenings are held at the O'Toole Building, 36 7th Avenue, 4th Floor, Room 414. The next screening will be February 16th at 11:30 a.m.
For more information on St. Vincent's community health programs, visit www.svcmc.org.
About Saint Vincent's
Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers (Saint Vincent's) is anchored by St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan, an academic medical center located in Greenwich Village and the only emergency room on the Westside of Manhattan from Midtown to Tribeca, St. Vincent's Westchester, a behavioral health hospital in Westchester County, and continuing care services that include two skilled nursing facilities in Brooklyn, another on Staten Island, a hospice, and a home health agency serving the Metropolitan New York area. Its behavioral health services also provide supportive housing programs for people with mental illness throughout the Metropolitan area. Saint Vincent's is the designated provider for the New York and New Jersey region of the US Family Health Plan sponsored by the US Department of Defense.
Saint Vincent's serves as the academic medical center of New York Medical College in New York City. The healthcare organization is sponsored by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Brooklyn and the president of the Sisters of Charity of New York.
