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• Celebrate Child Passenger Safety Week with a free car seat check

  Posted on Sep 21, 2012
  

  When you look around inside your car, do you see children? If so, join us from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, for free car seat inspections in the parking lot of Babies "R" Us near the Tacoma Mall. The safety checks are led by the Mary Bridge Center for Childhood Safety in partnership with Safe Kids Pierce County.
  
  
  

• MultiCare employees volunteer with Habitat for Humanity

  Posted on Sep 17, 2012
  

  A MultiCare Health System team lead by Theresa Boyle, Senior Vice President for Strategy and Business Development, toiled Friday as part of a Habitat for Humanity “team build” day, augmenting the regular volunteer workforce to help build out a community of 13 new homes.

• Dr. Kevin Murray awarded 'Family Medicine Educator of the Year'

  Posted on Aug 20, 2012
  

  Kevin Murray, MD, was honored as the 2012 “Family Medicine Educator of the Year” by the Washington Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Murray is Medical Vice President of Primary Care for MultiCare Health System.

• Seattle Mariners visit young patients at Mary Bridge

  Posted on Jul 31, 2012
  

  Young patients at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma received a surprise visit from Seattle Mariners Jesus Montero and Hisashi Iwakuma. Said 13-year-old Divante Scott: “I’m speechless right now."

• Let's keep all our fingers this Fourth of July

  Posted on Jul 3, 2012
  

  As the night sky already begins to fill with rockets’ red glare and bombs bursting in air, here’s a quick tip: If you want to watch something explode, make sure it’s not your hand. Last year, hospitals in Pierce County treated 26 fireworks-related injuries on Independence Day.

• Leaders sign Pierce County Child Abuse Investigation Protocol

  Posted on Jun 29, 2012
  

  Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna and Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist joined other community leaders to sign the Pierce County Child Abuse Investigation Protocol during a ceremony Friday on the campus of MultiCare Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Center in Tacoma.

• MultiCare institute on leading edge of research and innovation

  Posted on Jun 15, 2012
  

  The MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation offers local patients access to new and innovative therapies that otherwise would not have been available. Medical Director Dr. Paul Amoroso answers six questions about the institute's work. 

• Poison alert: Kids ingesting colorful pods of laundry detergent

  Posted on May 21, 2012
  

  An alert from the Washington Poison Center warns parents and caregivers of toddlers about the potential dangers of children ingesting a new form of concentrated laundry detergent that comes in single-use packs, also known as "pods."

• MultiCare opens West Tacoma Family Medicine & Urgent Care Clinic

  Posted on May 10, 2012
  

  The new MultiCare West Tacoma Family Medicine and Urgent Care Clinic opened this week at 2209 N. Pearl St., Suite 100, in a building with Windermere near Joeseppi's Restaurant.

• Tacoma General kicks off yearlong 130th anniversary celebration

  Posted on Apr 30, 2012
  

  MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital's yearlong 130th anniversary celebration kicked off today with a ceremony that paid tribute to the hospital's roots. In the hospital's main lobby, staff members unveiled a history display that charts Tacoma General's evolution from the founding of Tacoma's first hospital on April 29, 1882.

• Fannie's dream, 130 years later

  Posted on Apr 26, 2012
  

  In 1880, Fannie C. Paddock of Brooklyn, New York, was making ready to move to faraway Tacoma, Washington. Her husband, John Adams Paddock, was set to become the new Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Washington Territory. In addition to preparing their household for the long journey west, Fannie also took on another important task: raising funds to build Tacoma’s first hospital.

• 'Why do I pee when I sneeze?' Find answers at Women's Health Expo

  Posted on Apr 23, 2012
  

  Why do I pee when I sneeze? It’s a question many women have but don’t want to ask. We’re here to help.

• Survivor-singer-songwriter Charlie Lustman plays at Cancer Center

  Posted on Mar 16, 2012
  

  With his colorful acoustic guitar and hope-filled tunes, Charlie Lustman performed this week for visitors at the MultiCare Regional Cancer Center at Tacoma General Hospital. The cancer survivor-singer-songwriter from Hawaii is on a 28-city tour. 

• 'Get Your Plate in Shape' during National Nutrition Month

  Posted on Mar 12, 2012
  

  Before you eat your next meal, take a moment to look at the food on your plate. Do you have a few food groups on there? Is at least half of your plate full of fruits and vegetables? If you’re like most Americans, your plate could use a little shaping up.

• Leap Day birthdays: MultiCare welcomes 19 babies born on Feb. 29

  Posted on Mar 1, 2012
  

  For the 19 babies born at MultiCare hospitals yesterday, Feb. 29 always will be a special day -- even if it means their "first" birthday technically will be four years from now. But we're sure these Leap Day newborns and their families will celebrate more often that that.
  
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