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Dialysis center opens in Hinesville
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DaVita Regional Operations Director Susan Nadolski, left, Medical Director Dr. Nizar Eskandar, center, and facility administrator Ginger Shealey pose for a photo in front of Magnolia Oaks Dialysis in Hinesville. - photo by Photo provided.
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Updated: Jul 23, 2010, 2:18 PM
Published: Jul 23, 2010, 2:26 PM
DaVita Inc., a provider of kidney care services for patients with chronic kidney disease, hosted an open house last month at Hinesville’s new DaVita center, Magnolia Oaks Dialysis. During the event, dialysis care specialists met with members of the community, answered questions and distributed educational materials about kidney care and disease prevention.
The Magnolia Oaks center, at 2377 Highway 196 West, provides hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis therapy treatment options for chronic kidney failure and disease patients. The center is one of 117 facilities serving patients in Georgia. Dr. Nick Eskandar, a Hinesville physician, is the new center’s director.
The new location was selected by DaVita representatives to provide increased convenience and comfortable community-based care.
“Our patients often spend 12 to 15 hours a week at our center so we strive to make the center a welcoming place from day one,” said Ginger Shealey, Magnolia Oaks Dialysis facility administrator. “We also want to be a community resource that our patients, their families and the community can count on for quality care as well as education resources.”
The 7,200-square-foot center has 20 dialysis stations with individual flat-screen televisions.
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Fit Kids Fest set for Saturday, focuses on childhood obesity
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Published: Aug 22, 2012, 11:55 PM

SAVANNAH — Childhood obesity is a growing concern across the nation.

Georgia is not immune to this epidemic. Nearly 40 percent of the state’s children classified as overweight or obese, which is the second-highest child-obesity rate in the U.S.

The Junior League of Savannah is working to draw awareness to the issue here in the Coastal Empire by hosting the Fit Kids Fest from 2-5 p.m. Aug. 25 at Daffin Park’s Optimist Stadium.

The event is free and open to kids in grades k-6 as well as their parents.

The event will include interactive stations focused around the Choose My Plate and Let’s Move! initiatives. Station themes include a build a jump rope, an obstacle course and Let’s Move! dance instruction. There will also be a snack-food demonstration that incorporates the Association of Junior League International’s Kids in the Kitchen program.

Parents will have an opportunity to participate through health screenings provided by Memorial University Medical Center and a cooking demonstration utilizing locally sourced ingredients by celebrity chef Michele Jemison.

Nonprofit organizations also will be available on site with information about various area programs and services.

“At the very heart of the mission of the Junior League is ‘improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.’ We certainly see Fit Kids Fest as an opportunity to educate the public on how to fight childhood obesity,” league President Lisa Pinyan said.

The Savannah Sand Gnats will award free tickets to their 6 p.m. game following the Fest to the first 250 youth participants and are offering discounted tickets ($6 each) for the rest of the family.

For more information, call 912-790-1002.

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