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Risk for Home Fires High on Thanksgiving
Silver Cross Hospital Offers Tips to Celebrate Holiday Safely
New Lenox, IL (November 13, 2012)— More than double the amount of home fires occur on Thanksgiving Day than an average day according to the U.S. Fire Administration. In fact, each year over 4,000 fires occur on Thanksgiving Day.
Silver Cross Performs First Robotic Single-Incision Gallbladder Removal in Will County
New Lenox, IL (November 9, 2012)— Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, performed the area’s first da Vinci®Single-Site™ Cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal surgery) on Nov. 1, 2012. Using robotic assistance, Dr. R.A. Gamagami, board certified general surgeon, and a surgical team at Silver Cross removed the patient’s gallbladder through a tiny one-inch incision in the belly button, leaving only a small, nearly invisible scar.
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Dr. Mark Danielson Elected to Silver Cross Hospital Board of Directors
New Lenox, IL (Nov. 9, 2012)—Mark Danielson, M.D., has been appointed to the Silver Cross Hospital Board of Directors.
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Discounted Spa Services now available at Silver Cross Center for Women’s Health
$10 off a massage or facial with mammogram or other test
New Lenox, IL (Nov. 7, 2012)--To encourage women to be screened for breast cancer and osteoporosis, beginning Nov. 20, the Silver Cross Center for Women’s Health is offering $10 off a one-hour massage or facial following a mammogram, breast ultrasound, or bone densitometry scan.
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Silver Cross Wins State Healthcare Marketing Awards
Hospital Recognized in 2012 ISHMPR Pinnacle Awards Ceremony Nov.2
New Lenox, IL (Nov. 6, 2012)—The Illinois Society for Healthcare Marketing and Public Relations (ISHMPR) honored marketing, public relations and communications professionals from across the state at its 2012 Annual Conference and Pinnacle Awards Presentation Nov. 1 and 2 at Courtyard by Marriot in Downtown Chicago. Silver Cross Hospital received 10 Pinnacle Awards.
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