This is an excellent seminar for anyone new to the San Diego area, newly married spouses or anyone who just wants to learn more about available medical services. The Naval Medical Center and The Arthritis Foundation is pleased to offer the popular Arthritis Self-Help Course at the Naval Medical Center. The course is a FREE educational program designed to give people with arthritis the knowledge and skills needed to take a more active part in their arthritis care. Participants meet once a week for six weeks. Supplemental materials and text book will be provided.
Classes are FREE and open to active duty personnel, dependents and retirees.
There will be different cultural groups that will present their talents and exhibits. The telephone system at the Medical Center will be undergoing an upgrade which will affect phone service from 5PM Friday, July 13 through Sunday evening, July 15. The Duty Desk personnel will have some temporary numbers available to them that will connect to critical areas such as the Emergency Room and Appointment Center. Those calling the Medical Center are asked to keep non-critical calls to a minimum while the system is under repair. Telephones in patient rooms will be unable to accept calls from outside the Medical Center and will not be able to make outgoing calls.