What?              To celebrate National Nursing Week, the SCO Health Service is inviting Minister Madeleine Meilleur to follow a nurse for approximately 30 minutes.

When?             Friday, May 12 from 1:30 -  2:30 p.m.

Where?           On the rehabilitation unit at Élisabeth Bruyère Health Centre. Please contact Suzanne Charest for more details and to confirm your attendance at (613) 562-4262, ext. 4020, or on cell (613) 371-8841.

Who?               Madeleine Meilleur, Minister for Community and Social Services and Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs, and MPP for Ottawa-Vanier.

The Honourable Madeleine Meilleur, Minister and MPP for Ottawa-Vanier, will participate at this special event to take place at a hospital in her riding. Madame Meilleur, a former nurse, was also part of the Regional Board of Health of the Ottawa-Carleton Health District and the Regional Health Board. She will join the caring team of the SCO Health Service on May 12 to promote the exceptional work of the nursing workforce.

The SCO Health Service provides long-term care, complex continuing care, palliative care and rehabilitation to adults affected by loss of autonomy or by chronic or terminal illness. One of the largest healthcare centres of its kind in Canada, the SCO Health Service has four sites in Ottawa: the Élisabeth Bruyère Health Centre, Saint-Vincent Hospital, Résidence Saint-Louis and Villa Marguerite. SCO Health Service also includes the Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute, one of only a few centres in Canada dedicated to studying quality of life issues for the elderly and improving rehabilitation and palliative care services.

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For more information, please contact:

Suzanne Charest

Communications Manager

SCO Health Service

Tel. : (613) 562-4262, ext. 4020, cellular: (613) 371-8841