Doctors Hospital of Manteca Sets Out to Feed the Need
$721 and 721 pounds of food benefit HOPE Family Shelter

MANTECA, Calif. – For Immediate Release – Doctors Hospital of Manteca has completed the annual “Feed the Need Challenge.”  The employees of Doctors Hospital of Manteca worked together to gather 721 pounds of food to donate to a local charity in November 2005.  This week, the Tenet Healthcare Foundation matched this generous donation with a check for $721.00.

The Feed the Need Challenge takes place every year and matches each pound of food donated at Doctors Hospital of Manteca with one dollar from the Tenet Healthcare Foundation.  This year, all donated food and matching Foundation money was donated to the local nonprofit, HOPE Family Shelter.
 
“Our nurses, physicians and other employees look at the Feed the Need Challenge as one more way that we can reach out to the community and touch lives,” said Carin Sarkis, Hospital Spokesperson for Doctors Hospital of Manteca.  “Every year we set a goal for ourselves to increase the amount of food that we donate to charity over the previous year.  This year,” she continued, “we selected the HOPE Family Shelter to be the recipient of our donation because we want to support the invaluable services it is providing to the community.”

Doctors Hospital of Manteca (located at 1205 East North Street, Manteca, CA) is part of Tenet California, the state’s largest hospital system.  Doctors Hospital of Manteca opened its doors in 1962 as a 28-bed, 41 employee, nine physician rural community hospital in the heart of California’s Central Valley.  Over the years, the hospital expanded services to keep pace with the needs of a rapidly growing community.  A multi-million dollar addition and upgrade construction project increased the hospital’s capacity to 73 beds.  One of the largest businesses in the community, Doctors Hospital now has more than 375 employees and a medical staff of 160 physicians.  While maintaining small-town comfort, Doctors Hospital of Manteca offers many advanced services.  Private patient rooms, expanded and enhanced imaging services, emergency, pharmacy, ICU/CCU, and obstetrical services are designed for the care and comfort of our patients.

Doctors Hospital of Manteca is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency.  To learn more about Doctors Hospital of Manteca, visit our website, www.doctorsmanteca.com.

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