Blog Posts in January, 2006

John Simms, owner of the Berlin Auto Wash, will be holding an all-day car wash on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 to raise money for Atlantic General Hospital. The fundraiser will be held from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Berlin Auto Wash on Old Ocean City ...

The Retired Nurses of Ocean Pines recently donated $500.00 to the James G. & Nancy W. Barrett Scholarship Program at Atlantic General Hospital. The scholarship program provides fully paid tuition and books for applicants who are earning a degree ...

Atlantic General Hospital recently implemented a new technology called electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR), an emerging technology which uses barcodes on both the medication and patient that are scanned at the bedside before the ...

Atlantic General Hospital recently received a $2000.00 grant from the Coastal Bays Association to help fund this year’s “Visions for Total Health” Conference to be held on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2006. The grant was awarded to bring ...

Wednesday, February 1 Free Hypertension Clinics & Health Education Rite-Aid, Berlin; 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Rite-Aid, Ocean Pines; 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Circuit Training AGH Cardiac Rehab Center Berlin Shopping Center; 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 ...

The Atlantic General Hospital Foundation recently welcomed new members and selected a new board of directors for 2006. The new foundation members (standing from left) are Wendy Shirk, Jody Kelly Wright, Nancy Parker, Dawn Barrett, Mike Diffendal, ...

Atlantic General Hospital has scheduled its final free flu clinic of the season for Friday, January 27, 2006. The flu clinic will take place in the hospital’s lobby from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. or as long as the supply of vaccine lasts. Any ...

Atlantic General Hospital’s Diabetes Outpatient Education Program will hold its next group class session March 21 through April 11, 2006 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the hospital. Subjects covered in the class, which will be taught by a certified ...

Atlantic General Hospital, in cooperation with it local coalition partners, will hold the Worcester Health Fair at the Snow Hill Fire Hall on Saturday, February 11, 2006. The health fair, to be held from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., will provide free education ...

Atlantic General Hospital recently appointed or re-appointed the following medical professionals at the hospital and Atlantic General Health System (AGHS): Timothy L. Benning, M.D., specializes in pathology. He is a graduate of the University of ...

Atlantic General Hospital announced that it has received an additional shipment of flu vaccine and will be holding a free flu clinic on Monday, January 16, 2006. The clinic will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Pocomoke Imaging Center in Pocomoke ...

Berlin, Md. -- Hundreds of penguins and Atlantic General Hospital supporters headed for the sand and surf on a not-so-balmy afternoon for the 12th Annual Penguin Swim in Ocean City on New Year’s Day. This year’s swim was a success, ...