Eskenazi Health News

According to the National Transportation Safety Board, on average, 728 people are injured or killed in drunk-driving crashes each day during the holiday season. In addition, overall alcohol-impaired driving fatalities increased by 3.2 percent, from 9,943 in 2014 to 10,265 in 2015.

Indianapolis, Dec. 13, 2016 – The Richard M. Fairbanks Burn Center at Eskenazi Health is encouraging Hoosiers to take extra precautions this winter. With extremely cold temperatures forecasted, frostbite is again a concern.

Indianapolis, Dec. 19, 2016 – Eskenazi Health announces that Ben L. Zarzaur Jr., M.D., MPH, has been appointed to the position of medical director of the Smith Level I Shock Trauma Center at Eskenazi Health. He is also currently an associate professor, director of the Center for Outcomes Research in Surgery and vice-chair for Clinical Research in the Department of Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Eskenazi Health, the Marion County Public Health Department and Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services warmly congratulate Seema Verma on her nomination as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

A three-year initiative to reduce sodium consumption at Eskenazi Health and the Family Development Services’ Head Start program in Marion County has resulted in a significant decrease in the amount of sodium offered in the food they serve.

A limited number of free flu shots for everyone 3 years old and up will be available from 10 a.m. - noon at Eskenazi Health Center Grassy Creek, located at 9443 E. 38th St. in Indianapolis, on Saturday, Nov. 12.

2017 American Pianists Awards finalist Steven Lin will perform on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 3 p.m. in the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation Concourse at Eskenazi Health. The concert is free and open to the public.

Marking the first day of National Family Literacy Month, First Lady of Indianapolis Steph Hogsett and officials from Eskenazi Health will announce a new program that will encourage parents to read to their newborns and young children.

Eskenazi Health will host an Empowering Through Employment conference on Monday, Oct. 31, where experts will discuss the Eskenazi Health Initiative for Empowerment and Economic Independence (IEEI) program that provides experience for students with disabilities in their fields of study that could potentially aid them in securing a job in the future.

Although Halloween has always been a holiday where youngsters and adults alike celebrate ghosts, goblins and other scary things, Eskenazi Health experts alert everyone that there are real aspects to Halloween that require everybody’s attention and concern.