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Rita Landgraf, Secretary
Jill Fredel, Director of Communications
302-255-9047, Cell 302-357-7498
Email: jill.fredel@delaware.gov

Date: February 15, 2012
DHSS-17-2012

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHO:	DPH Office of Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC)
WHAT:	Pediatric Emergency Care Facility Recognition Awards Honorable Matthew Denn, Lt. Governor, will recognize Delaware's hospitals as Pediatric Emergency Care Facilities. According to the EMSC National Resource Center, Delaware is only the fifth state in the nation to successfully implement the Pediatric Emergency Care Facility Recognition Program. The role of the pediatric system is to organize resources and assure their immediate availability at all times and in all geographic areas of the system. This program saves children's lives by connecting every child to the entire system of specialized pediatric medical care on a moment's notice. For more information on this accreditation go to the press release at: at www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/pressreleases/2012/statewide_pediatric_system-01131.html
WHEN:	Feb. 21, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
WHERE:	Tatnall Building, Room 112 150 William Penn St. Dover, DE 19901

WHO:

DPH Office of Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC)

WHAT:

Pediatric Emergency Care Facility Recognition Awards
Honorable Matthew Denn, Lt. Governor, will recognize Delaware's hospitals as Pediatric Emergency Care Facilities. According to the EMSC National Resource Center, Delaware is only the fifth state in the nation to successfully implement the Pediatric Emergency Care Facility Recognition Program. The role of the pediatric system is to organize resources and assure their immediate availability at all times and in all geographic areas of the system. This program saves children's lives by connecting every child to the entire system of specialized pediatric medical care on a moment's notice. For more information on this accreditation go to the press release at: at www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/pressreleases/2012/statewide_pediatric_system-01131.html

WHEN:

Feb. 21, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.

WHERE:

Tatnall Building, Room 112
150 William Penn St.
Dover, DE 19901

Directions may be found at mapq.st/wAy3ha

Delaware Health and Social Services is committed to improving the quality of the lives of Delaware's citizens by promoting health and well-being, fostering self-sufficiency, and protecting vulnerable populations.

DHSS Press Release

MEDIA ADVISORY

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