MedStar Harbor Hospital News

Brooklyn Park Middle School Partners with Harbor Hospital to Donate 140 Blankets to Babies
04/13/2010

MEDIA ADVISORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WHO: Harbor Hospital and Brooklyn Park Middle School

WHAT: Brooklyn Park Middle School’s seventh grade students have been hard at work crafting a total of 140 blankets for the babies at Harbor Hospital. On Thursday, April 15 at 3 p.m., eight student representatives will deliver the blankets to the Women and Infants’ Center at Harbor Hospital. This is the third year the students at Brooklyn Park Middle School have made a blanket donation to the hospital. This established partnership, along with the hard work and dedication of these students, truly shows the level of service they are providing to their community.

WHEN: Thursday, April 15 at 3 p.m.

WHERE: Harbor Hospital’s Women and Infants’ Center, 3001 South Hanover Street, Baltimore, MD 21225

MEDIA CONTACT: Megan Loewe, o: 410-350-2138, Megan.R.Loewe@medstar.net

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For more than a century, Harbor Hospital has grown alongside the communities it serves in Baltimore City, and Anne Arundel, Baltimore and Howard counties. The hospital was first established in 1903 as a small community clinic servicing the waterfront community in Baltimore. More than 100 years later, the 222-bed hospital continues to offer the personal touch of a community hospital while incorporating the excellence of a high technology medical center. It has been the recipient of the Delmarva Foundation’s highest honor, the Excellence Award for Quality for Hospitals, in 2001, 2006, 2007 and 2008.

With more than 500 physicians representing 30 medical and surgical specialties, and more than 1,500 employees, the hospital offers a full range of health care services for patients from infancy through the senior years. Harbor Hospital’s specialty areas include orthopaedics, women’s services, cancer care, diabetes care, fetal assessment, cardio-pulmonary rehabilitation, and treatment of chronic lung conditions. The hospital’s continuum of care also includes wellness programs, outpatient services and inpatient treatment.

Harbor Hospital is a member of MedStar Health, a not-for-profit, community-based network of nine hospitals and other healthcare services serving Maryland and the Washington, D.C., region. MedStar Health is the largest healthcare system and one of the largest employers in the region with 26,000 associates and 5,300 affiliated physicians.

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