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Non-Essential Town Offices will be Closed Because of Snow Storm.

Published February 8, 2015 | Board of Health Nurse | Automatically Archived on 3/8/2015

As Governor Baker has declared a state-wide snow emergency, the Town Offices will be closed on Monday, February 9th, due to the storm and road conditions. If you have a snow emergency please call the DPW Storm Emergency Line at (978) 440-5411. More →

February is National Heart Awareness Month

Published February 3, 2015 | Board of Health Nurse | Automatically Archived on 3/18/2015

The American Heart Association has created an online tool to help you find out how you are doing with your heart health. Remember, you can stop heart disease before it starts. Start small and keep it simple. Make one change today and then you’re ready to make another. Before you know it, you’ve stopped making poor choices and started making heart-healthy ones. More →

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The Board of Health Nurse, Patty Moran, MSN, RN provides a variety of community health services for the Town of Sudbury.

In the Fall, the BOH Nurse provides flu clinics for town residents and town employees. Home visits for flu vaccine are also available for those frail elders who cannot get to the clinic. Working with the town social workers, the BOH Nurse also makes occasional home visits to check on frail residents, providing assessments and education.

The BOH Nurse also works with the school nurses and the Mass Department of Public Health to track communicable diseases in Sudbury and protect the public health. Educational seminars and programs on a wide variety of health and wellness topics are offered at the senior center and other locations to help prevent disease and promote public health. For more information please see the Senior Center, http://sudbury.ma.us/services/SeniorCenter.

Finally, the BOH Nurse is also involved in disaster preparedness as a member of the Sudbury Medical Reserve Corps and Citizens Emergency Response Team.