Brenner Children’s Hospital Participates in Car Seat Check

June 11, 2008

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The Forsyth County Chapter of SAFE KIDS will hold a car seat check on Thursday, June 12 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Parks Chevrolet in Kernersville. Officers from the Kernersville police and fire departments and the N.C. Highway Patrol will be on hand to inspect car seats and make sure they are secured properly.
Representatives from Brenner Children’s Hospital will also be on hand to answer questions about preventing childhood injury.

Media Contact: Rae Bush (336) 716-6878, rbush@wfubmc.edu; Bonnie Davis (336) 716-4587, bdavis@wfubmc.edu;

About Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is an academic health system comprised of North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Brenner Children’s Hospital and Wake Forest University Health Sciences, which operates the university’s School of Medicine and Piedmont Triad Research Park. The system comprises 1,154 acute care, rehabilitation and long-term care beds and has been ranked as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report since 1993. Wake Forest Baptist is ranked 32nd in the nation by America’s Top Doctors for the number of its doctors considered best by their peers. The institution ranks in the top third in funding by the National Institutes of Health and 4th in the Southeastern United States in revenues from its licensed intellectual property.

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