Twin Cities Hospital Offers Free Flu Shots and Emergency Packets at the Disaster Preparedness Fair

Oct. 27, 2011 - PRLog -- Twin Cities Community Hospital will participate in the first annual North County Disaster Preparedness Fair on Saturday, November 5, 2011 from 10:00am – 3:00pm at the Atascadero Bible Church. The hospital will provide emergency information packets and administer free flu shots to the first 200 people attending this event starting at noon on Saturday.

The fair is complimentary to the public and will educate attendees on how to prepare their home in the case of winter storms, floods, electrical blackouts, earthquakes, pandemics, and more. The fair will host seminars as well as provide printed material, emergency equipment displays and one-on-one discussions with emergency professionals. Food and drinks will be available for purchase during the lunch break.

Attendees will gather at the Atascadero Bible Church located at 6225 Atascadero Mall, Atascadero, CA, just west of Highway 101 at the Traffic Way exit near Atascadero High School.

For a schedule of events, emergency checklist or further information, go to www.abcchurch.org/prepare, call coordinator Scott Loy at (805) 674-9627 or email wsloy@sbcglobal.net.

Twin Cities Community Hospital, part of Tenet Health Corporation, is a 122-bed acute care hospital located at 1100 Las Tablas Road in Templeton, CA.  For information about the hospital, please visit www.twincitieshospital.com or contact Jason Chang, Director of Business Development, at jason.chang@tenethealth.com.

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Twin Cities provides a broad range of medical, surgical and outpatient care. Working closely with affiliated physicians, Twin Cities places special emphasis on clinical services important to local residents, including hip and knee replacement, surgical care, stroke intervention, emergency care and maternal child services. Twin Cities and its sister facility Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center together employ more than 1,700 local residents, making Tenet the second largest private employer in San Luis Obispo County. More than 115 active medical staff members practice at Twin Cities and 50 local residents volunteer at the hospital.