BP MARKOWITZ, "REAL HOUSEWIVES" COUPLE ALEX MCCORD AND SIMON VAN KEMPEN, BROOKLYN'S "BIGGEST LOSER" NEWLYWEDS AND 3-D HD ROBOT "DA VINCI" TO KICK OFF FREE "TAKE YOUR MAN TO THE DOCTOR" HEALTH SCREENINGS
A third of all
Loved ones urged to bring their men to free October 23 health screenings at Borough Hall
SCREENINGS BEGIN AT 11:00 A.M.
PRESS CONFERENCE AT 12:30 P.M.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009
BETWEEN COURT & ADAMS STREETS
DOWNTOWN
On Friday, October 23, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Deputy Borough President Yvonne Graham will be joined by Brooklyn reality TV stars Alex McCord and Simon van Kempen ("The Real Housewives of New York City"), Brooklyn newlyweds Nicole Brewer and Damien Gurganious ("Biggest Loser: Couples") and Brookdale Hospital's 3-D HD robot, da Vinci, to kick off the annual "Take Your Man to the Doctor" event with free health screenings at Borough Hall. "Take Your Man to the Doctor" is a call to action for men of all ages, ethnicities, and economic levels to regularly visit a doctor, and for the women and men who love them to help make it happen.
From 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., participating Brooklyn hospitals, clinics and healthcare professionals will offer free screenings for asthma, blood sugar, cholesterol, colon cancer, diabetes, glaucoma, high blood pressure, oral cancer and prostate cancer, along with free flu shots and nicotine patches and other important health information available onsite.
BP Markowitz and Deputy BP Graham will be joined at the kickoff event by participating sponsors, partners and supporters: Lutheran Medical Center, Kings County Hospital Center, MetroPlus Health Plan, Preferred Health Partners, Woodhull North Brooklyn Health Network, Best of Brooklyn, the New York City Department of Health, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Coney Island Hospital; Interfaith Medical Center, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Maimonides Medical Center, SUNY Downstate Medical Center and Wyckoff Heights Medical Center.