Surgeon to explain therapies
You can overcome hip and knee pain and get back to leading an active and rewarding life, and Franciscan St. Francis Health wants to show you how.
St. Francis Health will present an arthritis and hip and knee replacement seminar at 6:30 p.m., Aug. 17, at the Indianapolis Marriott East, 7202 E. 21st St.
Dr. Philip M. Faris will explain the latest procedures in joint replacement and arthritis treatments. He is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in adult reconstructive surgery and joint replacement.
To register for the seminar, call St. Francis toll-free at (877) 888-1777.
Giving campaign raises $2M
Support from Wishard Health Services’ employees to replace the hospital’s aging complex of 17 buildings that house the main Wishard campus has resulted in one of the single largest employee fundraising campaigns for a public hospital ever in the U.S.
As of July 1, in just the first four months of the three year effort, the “We are Wishard” employee giving campaign has raised $2,183,530 toward the new Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital and Eskenazi Health campus opening in December 2013. The donations include a dollar for dollar match by an anonymous donor and come from employees of Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County, including Wishard Health Services, Marion County Public Health Department and Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services.
More than 1,000 employees have made contributions to the campaign. In honor of these contributions, as of July 1, 630 staff members will be represented on an Employee Giving Wall in the new Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital and 117 rooms and areas will be named by employees or teams of employees.
