The event is scheduled at 4 – 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 4 and will air live on CAT-TV channel 1075 and facebook.com/CATTVBennington. It is free and no registration is needed. This event is appropriate for people with substance use disorder and their families and anyone interested in decreasing substance use in our communities. Participants will gain hopeful insights on how they, their friends, and neighbors can navigate the transition from substance abuse to a healthy and happy substance-free lifestyle. Aulicino is a registered nurse within Vermont s Hub and Spoke program for substance abuse recovery. In addition, she is a medication-assisted treatment nurse liaison with Southwestern Vermont Medical Center and a member of the International Nursing Society on Addictions.
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BENNINGTON â Southwestern Vermont Health Care has checked off another box in the lengthy permitting process for a $26 million expansion of the hospital emergency department, and the project remains on track to receive final approvals in the fall.
The town Development Review Board provided unanimous land use approval for the project Tuesday, as well as for the related demolition of one of the early Putnam Memorial Hospital buildings to allow a new hospital entrance and access drive.
Proposed is demolition of The Lodge building opposite the current entrance to Southwestern Vermont Medical Center. The brick structure was built in 1925 for employee housing for what was then Putnam Memorial, which opened in 1918.
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Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, part of Southwestern Vermont Health Care, encourages everyone to dispose of their unwanted prescription medications properly on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, April 24.
Members of the public are encouraged to visit takebackday.dea.gov to find a take-back location near them.
Every day is a prescription drug take-back day at SVMC, where a drug take-back box in the lobby has allowed members of the public to anonymously dispose of 1,649 pounds of unwanted medications since its installation in July 2017.
The box looks like a mailbox, featuring a one-way medicine drop. It can be used to dispose of unused or expired controlled substances, non-controlled substances, and even over-the-counter medications. The specialized box is available to the public 24 hours each day.
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BENNINGTON â Food security advocates expect a vote in the Vermont Senate this coming week to move along legislation that would partly enact free universal school meals in the state.
According to Faye Mack, advocacy and education director with Hunger Free Vermont, the original bill in the Senate this session, S. 100, to implement universal school meals â both breakfast and lunch for all public school students in Vermont â has been amended.
The name of S. 100 has been changed from âFarm Fresh School Meals for Allâ to the âUniversal School Breakfast and Creation of the Task Force on Universal School Lunch Act.â
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BENNINGTON â Southwestern Vermont Medical Center has announced the most recent recipients of the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. Patients nominate nurses, and a committee presents one award each month.
âThis is an exceptional group of highly skilled and compassionate professionals,â said Pamela Duchene, vice president of Patient Care Services and chief nursing officer. âThe DAISY Award is a really special way for us to communicate our appreciation and our patientsâ appreciation for their important work.â
An acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune SYstem, The DAISY Foundation of Glen Ellen, Calif., was formed in November 1999 by the family of J. Patrick Barnes, who died at age 33. The nursing care Patrick received when hospitalized profoundly touched his family.