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 Take a look at what's going on at St. Francis this month:

 

 

 

10/6

Caring for Your Baby

 

 Childbirth Prep

 

 10/7

Facts of Life for Mothers and Daughters

  

10/9

Mobile Mammography at Millennium

 

 Natural Family Planning

 

10/10

Charlotte Hornets vs. The Washington WizardsPreseason NBA Game

  

 10/13

Breastfeeding

 

 Breastfeeding Support Group

 

 10/14

Pearls & Pumps Event with Kathleen Swinney

 

 St. Francis Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon

 

10/16

Great Expectations Hospital Tour

 

Mobile Mammography - Downtown

 

Outpatient Cancer Center Tour

 

10/16 - 10/19

Marvel Universe

  

10/18

Walk to End Alzheimers

 

10/19

Walk to Remember (Pregnancy & Infant Loss)

 

10/20

St. Francis Cancer Center Opens

 

10/22

Comfort Measures for Managing Labor

 

10/23

Heart Saver CPR AED

 

10/24

Greenville Road Warriors Opening Night

10/25

Childbirth Prep

 

10/28

Backyard Homesteading: Using Your Fall Leaves - A No-burn Approach

 

Mobile Mammography - Millennium 




The wait is (almost) over! The new St. Francis Cancer Center opens this month, on October 20. Read on to learn more about the future of cancer care at St. Francis. 

St. Francis Cancer Center Opening Soon

 

The new center, located at the ST. FRANCIS millennium campus off Laurens Road, is the only freestanding outpatient cancer center in the county. This is important because it brings together all the services and treatments that cancer patients need, in one beautiful, healing-centered place. This not only enhances convenience for the patient (think: nutrition consultations while getting a chemo infusion), but is expected to enhance overall quality of care. Now, the oncologists, nurse navigators, clinical trials coordinators and support professionals are physically closer together, which will no doubt enhance communication and speed up processes.

 

Everything about the St. Francis Cancer Center was built with our patients in mind. In the Infusion Center, a wall of windows overlooks soothing nature scenes and privacy partitions slide back (if preferred) to encourage connection to others undergoing treatment. The Infusion Center also includes a separate Bone Marrow Transplant/Apheresis unit with additional comforts to help with the longer duration of their infusion sessions.

 

The Cancer Center will include a retail boutique, a drive-thru pharmacy, a caf� featuring healthy foods, a chapel, and education room, even water bottle fill stations to encourage hydration.

 

In addition to the beautiful new building, St. Francis is adding its own, brand new, Linear Accelerator for radiation therapy. This amazing piece of equipment has advanced features not found in any other cancer center in our area. Its new technology uses a higher dose of radiation that can be more accurately targeted, meaning that the cancer cells can be killed in a shorter session, while sparing the healthy surrounding cells. Radiation Oncologists from the renowned Gibbs Cancer Center will partner with St. Francis to provide care for those undergoing radiation.

 

For the latest updates about the St. Francis Cancer Center, follow us on facebook and twitter.

 

 

 

ST. FRANCIS eastside earns Baby Friendly Designation
  
 

When you choose St. Francis for your upcoming delivery, you're choosing the very best for your baby. ST. FRANCIS eastside has been officially designated a Baby-Friendly� Hospital, meaning it has met the standards for the best possible breastfeeding support for mother and infant in the maternity setting.  The designation is based on the Global Criteria for the WHO / UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI).

Welcome to the Family

 

The following physicians have joined the Bon Secours Medical Group:

 

Lopa Bhansaly, DO

Bon Secours Family Medical Center

 

Connie Blackstone, MD

Stoneview Internal Medicine

 

Marcus Blackstone, MD

Stoneview Internal Medicine

 

Andrew McCraw

McCraw Family Practice

 

James Rousseau, MD

Center for Adult and Family Medicine

 

David Williams, MD

Vascular Surgery Associates


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