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St. John’s celebrates “Go Red for Women”
2/3/2009
Joplin, Mo. - St. John’s Regional Medical Center will join thousands of Americans nationwide in celebrating “Go Red for Women” on Friday, February 6, by asking all employees wear red to work. We will take a photo of all employees wearing red at 2 p.m. in the Main Lobby.
Immediately following the photo, we will offer free blood pressure screenings, demonstrations of Heart Aware online heart disease risk assessment tool and oxygen saturation screenings. We will also have a drawing for a prize.
St. John’s “Go Red for Women” activities are in partnership with American Heart Month, a national awareness campaign about heart disease, risk factors and how to prevent it. St. John’s will offer cholesterol screenings, free blood pressure screenings and Heart Aware throughout the month of February. Dates of the events can be found on www.stj.com by clicking on the events calendar.
National Wear Red Day is an annual event held on the first Friday in February. The first observance, in February 2004, was announced at the White House. On National Wear Red Day, women and men across the country wear red to unite in the national movement to give women a personal and urgent wake-up call about their risk of heart disease. Everyone can participate in this life-saving awareness movement by showing off a favorite red dress, shirt, or tie. St. John’s employees will continue to wear red each Friday in February in observance of Heart Month.
**We would like to invite all media to join us for our picture and screenings in the Main Lobby on Friday, February 6, at 2 p.m.
St. John’s Regional Medical Center has been leading the way in healthcare throughout the four-state area for more than 100 years. We are a 367-bed facility, serving 19 counties in Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas. We provide state-of-the-art healthcare services, specializing in cardiology, orthopedics, neurosciences, and oncology. St. John’s has earned the Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission. Additionally, we have been recognized by Thomson Healthcare with three 100 Top Hospital Awards (2006) and rated in the top 5% nationally by HealthGrades for patient safety (2008) and top 10% for critical care (2009).