Posted on 09 January 2012. Tags: district merger, Pottsgrove School District, Pottstown Health and Wellness Foundation, Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, Pottstown School District
One Pottstown school board member seemed to diss the charitable efforts of residents in the Pottsgroves; a second claimed Pottsgrove school officials copped a ‘holier-than-thou’ attitude. Both comments were quoted in a lengthy Mercury article published Sunday.
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Posted in Business, Education, Pottsgrove Schools, Pottstown
Posted on 23 July 2011. Tags: emergency department, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, TeleBurn
Pottstown hospital patients who suffer severe burns now benefit from a high-tech smart phone network that relies in part on specialists at a regional burn center in Allentown PA.
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Posted in Business, Health, Pottstown, Safety
Posted on 15 July 2011. Tags: cancer, PMMC, Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, prostate screening
The Pottstown tests help check for the potential of prostate cancer, a significant cause of cancer-related deaths in men. Advance registration is necessary, though, and appointments are limited.
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Posted in Business, Health, Pottstown
Posted on 25 June 2011. Tags: Dr. Carol Cola, PMMC, Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, skin cancer, sunscreen
Even on cloudy days, skin can be affected by both kinds of the sun’s ultraviolet rays, a Pottstown dermatologist says. Don’t risk skin cancer; make sure you wear sunglasses and a hat, and sunscreen.
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Posted in Business, Health, Pottstown, Recreation, Sports
Posted on 06 May 2011. Tags: Community Health Systems, Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, Phoenixville Hospital, Pottstown Memorial Medical Center
PMMC made a 2010 fiscal year profit of $34 million, and at 18.08 percent had the highest operating margin among 23 hospitals in Montgomery, Chester, Bucks and Delaware counties, according to a state report.
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Posted in Business, Health, Pottstown
Posted on 12 April 2011. Tags: Brookside County Club, Pottstown Memorial Medical Center
More than 40 of PMMC’s 200 volunteers will be singled out with special recognition for the number of service hours they donated.
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Posted in Business, Health, Pottstown, Social
Posted on 07 April 2011. Tags: PMMC Healthy Woman, Pottstown Memorial Medical Center
A PMMC radiologist will double as guide during the Healthy Woman program scheduled for April 13 in Pottstown.
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Posted in Business, Health, Pottstown, Social
Posted on 14 March 2011. Tags: Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, Pottstown Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Associates Inc.
Two physicians from Pottstown Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery were credited Wednesday with recently conducting the first-ever jaw-replacement operation at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center.
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Posted in Business, Health, People, Pottstown
Posted on 05 March 2011. Tags: Healthy Woman, Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, Thea Barton
The March 23 presentation will be held in conference rooms at the Chesmont Building, across the street from Pottstown Memorial Medical Center.
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Posted in Business, Health, People, Pottstown
Posted on 28 February 2011. Tags: Pottstown Area Health And Wellness Foundation, Pottstown Memorial Medical Center
More than 30 projects proposed by community organizations in Lower Pottsgrove, Limerick, Pottstown and elsewhere will share in almost $1 million in grants announced Friday.
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Posted in Health, Limerick, Lower Pottsgrove, Pottstown