Mt. Pleasant, SC - Proudly sporting their Tenet-teal t-shirts, over 75 East Cooper Regional Medical Center employees, family members and friends gathered together Saturday, October 2nd to participate in the 2004 Lowcountry American Heart Walk in Liberty Square downtown. Walking to increase awareness of heart disease and stroke, participants could choose the 3.1-mile course, the Little Hearts Walk, or the By-Pass Route.  Walkers representing East Cooper Regional Medical Center presented $5,200 in donations to the American Heart Association.  Proceeds from the event are used to finance education and research to prevent cardiovascular diseases and stroke.  

East Cooper Regional Medical Center, part of Tenet South Carolina, is a 100-bed acute care hospital located at 1200 Johnnie Dodds Boulevard in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.  The hospital has been serving the medical and health care needs of the greater Mt. Pleasant community since 1986.  East Cooper strives to be the primary health care facility in its community, providing services from women’s care to spine and general surgery, to outpatient physical therapy.  East Cooper Regional Medical Center is accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency.  To learn more about East Cooper Regional Medical Center, visit www.eastcoopermedctr.com.