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9/25/08

 Springport Medical Clinic Begins Seeing Patients

As of Monday, September 22, 2008, the Springport Medical Clinic opened its doors, providing Springport area residents access to healthcare.

The Springport Medical Clinic is a rural health outreach program of Eaton Rapids Medical Center.  Patients can be treated for acute and chronic medical problems, minor surgical procedures, minor emergencies, sports physicals, MDOT physicals, and immunizations. They will be seen by Steven Garver, P.A.-C.  Dr. Ashok Gupta will serve as Medical Director.

A Ribbon Cutting Ceremony was held on Friday, September 19 to celebrate the opening of the Springport Medical Clinic, hosted by the Eaton Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce.  Members of the Springport and Eaton Rapids Communities, Eaton Rapids Medical Center Board of Directors, staff members and volunteers were in attendance. Representative Mike Simpson and local residents interested in the Medical Clinic were also on hand to help commemorate the opening. 

For more information about the Springport Medical Clinic, please visit our website at www.eatonrapidsmedicalcenter.org or call 517.857.4500.

After School Club Promotes Healthy Habits

The F.U.N. (fitness, ‘you’ and nutrition) Club is registering participants for 8 weeks of activity, learning and camaraderie beginning September 25, 2008.  The Club is aimed at 4^th – 6^th graders and will meet Thursdays, from 4 – 6 p.m. at Greyhound Intermediate School.  This is a free program, provided through a grant from Eaton Rapids Medical Center and the Center for Rural Health, in cooperation with Eaton Rapids Public Schools.

Eaton Rapids Medical Center staff members will help participants learn about healthy choices, teach healthy snack recipes, hold exciting exercise/fitness segments and spend a portion of each class discussing self image and learning about yourself.  Parents are also encouraged to be a part of this endeavor and information will be sent home weekly with healthy lifestyle tips and recipes.

Eaton Rapids Medical Center staff members include, Registered Dietician Leslie Neubecker, HealthWorks Certified Personal Trainer, Kevin Trudell and Social Worker, Cynthia Varterasian.

For more information please visit our website at www.eatonrapidsmedicalcenter.org or contact Marianne J. Ball, Project Director at 663-9442

New Emergency Department Construction Begins

On May 9, 2008, groundbreaking ceremonies took place to commence the building of a new Emergency Department at Eaton Rapids Medical Center.

The $6.2 million project will increase the number of beds from 6 to 10, create a separate waiting area for Emergency patients and will resolve privacy issues.  Each patient will have a private room and   enjoy the convenience of bedside registration. A chapel, decontamination room and physician consultation area will also be added.  The project also provides for future growth in the Specialty Clinics area to meet the increasing demand for services. 

Several area organizations, community members, employees and volunteers have raised over $540,000 in support of this exciting project.    

For more information about the Emergency Department project, please visit our website at www.eatonrapidsmedicalcenter.org.

Girl Scout Troop # 39 Donates Stuffed Animals

Members of Girl Scout Troop #39 collected stuffed animals and donated them to Eaton Rapids Medical Center.  The toys will be given to pediatric patients who come to the Medical Center for treatment.

According to Emergency Department Manager, Connie Ebare, “Having a gift to present a child really helps calm their nerves and reassures them that we are there to make them feel better.” 

The Troop collected the animals through individual donations, school collection drives and received several boxes of animals from Kohl’s .  Under the direction of Troop Leader Jenna Bush, “The girls worked very hard to count, sort, pack and distribute animals not only to Eaton Rapids Medical Center but to area police and fire departments.” 

Bankers Support Emergency Department Construction

Local bank employees have been wearing scrubs to show their support of the new Emergency Department being built at Eaton Rapids Medical Center  The next time you will find the bankers donning the blue scrubs will be Friday, April 4 at all Eaton Rapids banks.

The idea originated with Tim Dickinson, manager at Independent Bank.  He was looking for a way that his bank could support the project and at the same time, help to inform the community that a new Emergency Department was being planned.  As other banks heard about his plan, they were all eager to help ERMC promote this exciting building project.

All bank staffers at National City, Eaton Federal Savings Bank, Independent Bank, SSBBank, Consumers Professional Credit Union and Homestead Savings Bank are wearing scrubs and telling customers about the new Emergency Department.   

The new Emergency Department will provide patients with private rooms and bedside registration improve privacy, separate Emergency waiting from the general public, and many more improvements that will allow Eaton Rapids Medical Center to grow as volumes continue to increase.  Construction will begin May, 2008.

For more information about the Emergency Department project, or for information on how you can contribute, Click here.

Eaton Federal Savings Bank staff members pictured left to right:  Tiffany Spotts, Brandi Fuentes, Rachel Groff, Sean Cotter, Manager, (back row)  Debbie Tarrant, Heidi Halliwill, Caitlin Vedder, and Teia Yokeum