Event Invites Nursing Mothers to Celebrate National Breastfeeding Month
Middletown, NY – August is National Breastfeeding Month and Orange Regional Medical Center invites nursing mothers to the Big Latch On event at 9:00 a.m. on August 2. The gathering will take place at Orange Regional Medical Center’s Main Campus at 707 East Main Street in Middletown, NY.
The Big Latch On raises awareness of the importance of breastfeeding and includes time to share experiences with fellow breastfeeding mothers, as well as guided learning.
The event will begin with a group walk at 9:00 a.m. on the Hospital’s fitness trail. Registration for the Big Latch On will take place following the walk at 10:00 a.m. in the Testa Healing Garden by Orange Regional’s Main Lobby entrance. The event will begin at 10:30 a.m. If there is inclement weather, the walk will be cancelled and the Big Latch On event will take place inside of the Outpatient Building, 2nd Floor, in Medical Conference Rooms A, B, & C.
National Breastfeeding Month is celebrated every year in August to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. For additional information about The Big Latch On, visit www.biglatchon.org. To register, click ‘Participate’ and select ‘Find A Location’ in the drop-down menu.
Orange Regional Medical Center also hosts a variety of community classes for new moms and mothers- to- be. For additional information, visit www.ormc.org/communityoutreach.
About Orange Regional Medical Center
Orange Regional features seven floors of state-of-the-art technology and provides 383 beds and employs approximately 3,300 healthcare professionals. In addition to inpatient services, highlights of Orange Regional include a cancer center and a five-story outpatient services building on the main campus, featuring Orange Regional Medical Group with primary care and specialty physicians, urgent care, outpatient surgical and diagnostic services and more. Orange Regional was named by Healthgrades as one of the 100 best hospitals nationally for cardiac intervention and General Surgery and was a recipient of the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™. Orange Regional also achieved the Healthgrades 2019 America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award™ placing the hospital in the top 5 percent of more than 4,500 hospitals assessed nationwide for its superior clinical performance. In 2017, Orange Regional was named the Most Beautiful Hospital in the US and is recognized by US News & World Report as a Best Regional Hospital. It is a recipient of the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite; a designated Magnet hospital recognizing excellence in Nursing and its Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system has achieved Stage 7; the highest level on HIMSS Analytics’ EMR adoption model. Orange Regional Medical Center (ORMC) is an Academic Affiliate of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. It is also a member of the Greater Hudson Valley Health System (GHVHS), which is recognized by Ethisphere as one of the 2018 and 2019 World’s Most Ethical Companies. To learn more about ORMC, visit www.ormc.org.
