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Danbury Hospital offers diabetes education classes for patients and family members
By Danbury Hospital
Sep 7, 2008 - 9:24:12 AM

Danbury Hospital will offer the next series of free Wednesday evening diabetes education classes. The classes take place at Danbury Hospital, 24 Hospital Avenue on Wednesday, October 1st, 8th and 15th, 2008 in the fifth floor South Building conference room from 6 to 8 p.m. Park in the Blue Visitor’s Parking Lot, Hospital Avenue entrance.

Diabetes education classes are geared toward group learning, and are not intended for individual counseling. The goal of the classes is to help patients and family members gain an understanding of the relationship between blood sugars, activity and eating habits in order to successfully manage diabetes. Attendance at all three programs is strongly encouraged.

Space is limited, and pre-registration is required. For more information and to register, call Joyce Morrison, Danbury Hospital Food and Nutrition Services, at (203) 739-7418.

Danbury Hospital is a 371-bed regional medical center and university teaching hospital associated with New York Medical College, the Yale University School of Medicine, the Connecticut School of Medicine and Columbia University Medical Center. It provides centers of excellence in cardiovascular services, cancer, weight-loss surgery, orthopedics, digestive disorders and radiology, with specialized programs for sleep disorders and asthma management. More than 95 percent of the medical staff are board certified in their specialties.

It is ranked in the top 5 percent of hospitals in the country for overall clinical performance by HealthGrades®, an independent health-care rating organization, for 2005 through 2008. It is the only hospital in Connecticut ranked among the top five percent of hospitals nationwide for overall clinical performance four years in a row.

For more information, visit the website at http://www.danburyhospital.org.

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