Immediate Release Contact: Justin Meyers
February 29, 2008 (516) 869-7794
North Hempstead Councilwomen participate in POD Training
Port Washington, NY—Town of North Hempstead Councilwoman Maria-Christina Poons and Councilwoman Lee Seeman participated in a Point of Dispensing (POD) training seminar at Harbor Links Golf Course on February 15, 2008. A POD is a location within a community where medications, both oral and injectable, can be quickly distributed to the public during a health emergency. Councilwoman Poons and Councilwoman Seeman attended the training to emphasize the importance of having trained officials at the POD locations in the event of an emergency.
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Councilwoman Maria-Christina Poons and Ann DeSimone,
a registered nurse at Nassau County University Medical Center. |
Councilwoman Maria-Christina Poons and Councilwoman Lee Seeman
joined by Nurse Ann DeSimone, RN and Deputy Chief Kevin O'Hara
at POD training.
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