Mt. Pleasant, SC – Employees at East Cooper Regional Medical Center collected 601 pounds of food during their annual “Feed the Need” food drive.  The food was donated to East Cooper Meals on Wheels.  Through the hospital’s Tenet Healthcare Foundation, the foundation matched one dollar for every pound of food collected. 

East Cooper Regional Medical Center is a 104-bed acute care hospital located at 1200 Johnnie Dodds Boulevard in Mt. Pleasant.  The hospital has been serving the medical and healthcare needs of the greater Mt. Pleasant community since 1986.  East Cooper Regional strives to be the primary health care facility in its community, providing services such as women’s care, spine and general surgery and neurosurgery services. 

In 2005 East Cooper Regional was the first hospital in South Carolina to be recognized for service excellence under the J.D. Power and Associates Distinguished Hospital Program.  This recognition was awarded again in October 2006. 

East Cooper Regional Medical Center is accredited by the Joint Commission, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency.  To learn more about East Cooper Regional Medical Center, visit www.eastcoopermedctr.com.

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