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Broadcast Schedule
Upcoming broadcasts on WKNO, Public Television for the Mid-South (Memphis, Tenn.)
February
Dates for Smart Medicine episodes:
WKNO, Channel 10 and WKNO-HD (Digital Ch. 10-1)
2/25 at 8 p.m.
2/26 at 1 a.m.
WKNO2 (Digital Ch. 10-2)
2/27 at 2:30 p.m.
2/28 at 12 p.m.
2/27 at 8:30 p.m.
Baptist is the underwriting sponsor of a monthly health newsmagazine show called Smart Medicine, which is broadcast on WKNO-TV Channel 10. Hosted by news anchor Joe Birch, the news program features various Mid-South medical and health experts discussing the latest health news and services available in the area.
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| Archive - July 2009 Show Guide |
Cover Story:
Infant Mortality Crisis
This month, we’re devoting the entire show to a problem plaguing the nation – and the Mid-South in particular – infant mortality, when a baby dies before turning one year old. Smart Medicine host Joe Birch moderates a distinguished panel of experts to uncover why babies in Memphis and Shelby County are dying at third-world rates. We'll also look into new treatments and technology being used to save those born too small and too soon. And, we’ll meet some very special volunteers who are helping to turn the tide of this crisis in our region.
Featured in the show are:
- Dr. Sheldon Korones - Founder of the Newborn Center at the Regional Medical Center
- A C Wharton, Jr. – Mayor of Shelby County
- Tonya Lewis Lee, author/producer and wife of acclaimed film director Spike Lee
- Dr. Giancarlo Mari – Chief of Maternal and Fetal Medicine – UT Health Science Center
- Antionette Holman – Infant Mortality Reduction Coordinator, Shelby County
- Rev. Dr. Kenneth Robinson – Shelby County Health Officer
- Dr. Ann Payne-Johnson – Family Practitioner, Baptist Memorial Medical Group
For a list of programs, services, and policies aimed at improving the well-being of children and youth visit www.shelbycountychildren.org or call the county’s Infant Mortality Reduction Coordinator Antoinette Holman at 901-526-1822 x246.
For information on how to volunteer or make a tax-deductible donation to The Regional Medical Center at Memphis, visit www.themedfoundation.org or call 901-545-8372. Learn more about the NICU at Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women at www.baptistonline.org. You can also make a tax-deductible donation directly to the Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation NICU fund.
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