Oswego Health

Students and their family members could peer into a microscope, view film X-rays and make their own first aid kit to take home during Fairley Elementary School’s healthy family night.

Oswego Health employees dressed in blue on March 6 to show their support of National Wear Blue Day, which brings awareness to the importance of colon cancer and its detection. Oswego Health Gastroenterologist Bishnu Sapkota said the best prevention against colon cancer is a colonoscopy.

Melanie Pence, DO, and Nicholas Groch, DO, of Lakeshore ENT, will hold an Ask The Doctor program at 6 p.m. on April 13 in the lower level JPC conference room of the Oswego Health Services Center, which is adjacent to Oswego Hospital. The program is free and open to the public.

Members of the Oswego Health Auxiliary are helping five Oswego Health employees advance their healthcare careers through the presentation of scholarships. The Auxiliary recently presented five scholarships to nurses who are earning various degrees in their career field.

Oswego Health holds its golf tournament each year to support local healthcare. Last year’s event raised more than $100,000 toward the purchase of state-of-the-art Magnetic Resonance Imaging equipment.

Each month Oswego Health offers two free diabetes support groups led by the health system’s certified diabetes educator. A group meets the first Thursday of the month from 10 to 11 a.m.at Springside at Seneca Hill located halfway between Fulton and Oswego on Route 45A. The next meeting will be held March 5.

Sharps can be brought to the Oswego Hospital Health Services Center Suite G50 and to the reception desk of The Manor at Seneca Hill, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. excluding holidays.
The used needles and syringes can also be brought to Oswego Health’s urgent care centers in Central Square and Fulton during the hours of 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.

Area senior citizens have had the opportunity to learn important safety tips from Oswego Health and Menter’s Ambulance Services staff members, as well as from two groups that work to prevent falls. The senior safety program was recently held at St. Luke’s Apartments, Bishop Commons and Simeon Dewitt Apartments, all in Oswego.

Oswego Health is offering free flu shots to the public over a five-day period at the Fulton Medical Center. The flu vaccine will be administered by nurses in the occupational health department from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on February 23, 25 and 27 as well as on March 2 and 4.