October 29, 2004

What's happening

Chaplaincy hosts Day of the Dead service
The MGH Chaplaincy Department will host a "Day of the Dead" service – a Mexican and Latin American tradition that remembers family members who have died – Nov. 2 at 12:15 pm in the chapel. Nancy Raines, a Spanish-speaking chaplain, will lead the service. All are invited to bring pictures of deceased family members to place at the altar. The service will be in English and Spanish. For more information, call (617) 726-2220.

CNY employee blood drive
MGH employees working at CNY are invited to participate in a blood drive Nov. 3, from 8:30 am to 2 pm. The MGH Bloodmobile will be located outside Building 149 on the garage side of 13th Street. For more information or to make an appointment to donate, call Susan Murphy at (617) 724-6518 or send e-mail to smurphy4@partners.org.

Menopause and Your Health
The MGH Women's Health Coordinating Council will host "Menopause and Your Health" Nov. 9, from 5 to 7:30 pm in the Blum Patient and Family Learning Center. The program is designed to help women better understand the facts about menopause and is the last program for 2004. The registration fee is $25. For more information, call Mary Ellen Heike at (617) 724-8044 or send e-mail to mheike@partners.org.

Pre-screening of Nursing Diaries
Patient Care Services will host a pre-screening of a television documentary, "Nursing Diaries" Nov. 4 at 1:30 pm in the O'Keeffe Auditorium. The first segment of "Nursing Diaries" was filmed at the MGH and features three story lines from the hospital. "Nursing Diaries" will premiere Nov. 7 at 10 pm on the Discovery Health Channel.

Call for abstracts
The deadline to submit abstracts for the Scientific Advisory Committee 2005: Celebration of Science Poster Session is now Nov. 10. Up to $750 in travel money to a scientific meeting will be awarded – five for clinical research and five for basic research. To submit abstracts online, visit http://mghra.partners.org/sac/saccoverpage05.htm. For more information, call Breda McCarron at (617) 726-3662.