CMC CELEBRATES LIVES OF PATIENTS DURING MEMORIAL SERVICE

October 25, 2002

Augusta, Ga. -- The MCG Children's Medical Center celebrates the lives of patients who have passed away over the past two years during a memorial service in early November.

The CMC Precious Lives Memorial Service takes place Saturday, November 2, at 2 p.m. at the MCG Alumni Center, 15th Street.

Erwin Veale, Associate Director in the Department of Pastoral Counseling, will speak. The program also includes a slide presentation, a candlelighting ceremony and special music prepared by a father who will perform in the memory of his young son. Families and staff will also have the opportunity to share memories. Refreshments will be served.

The program was coordinated by a steering committee comprised of parents who have experienced the loss of a child.

MCG HealthCare is the health system of the Medical College of Georgia and is comprised of MCG Health, Inc. and the clinical services offered by the faculty of the School of Medicine and the members of the Physicians Practice Group. MCG Health, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation operating the MCG Hospitals and Clinics, Children's Medical Center, the Georgia Radiation Therapy Center and related clinical facilities and services. MCG Health, Inc. was formed to support the research and education mission of the Medical College of Georgia and to build the economic growth of the CSRA, the state of Georgia and the Southeast by offering the highest level of primary and specialty health care.