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SCH Featured on WGN-TV Medical Watch Segment

by David Modica | Oct 19, 2015
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Swedish Covenant Hospital’s Integrated Cancer Care Program hosts art classes for cancer survivors as part of its inspired care model. Recently, the art classes were featured on WGN-TV’s Medical Watch segment, which aired during the 9 p.m. newscast on October 16. The Medical Watch segment is hosted by Dina Bair who also emceed the 2015 SCH Gala the following evening, on October 17.

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