Baystate Franklin Medical Center Offers Amputee Support Group

GREENFIELD — Baystate Franklin Medical Center is offering an Amputee Support Group for amputees, their families, and friends. The next meeting is Thursday, June 23, 5 to 6:30 p.m., in BFMC Conference Room C. Dr. Sohail Waien of BFMC Hospital Medicine will facilitate the group.

The goal of the group is to assist amputees in their daily lives by offering them the opportunity to share ideas and support each other. The schedule for 2016 (all meetings 5 to 6:30 p.m.) is as follows:

• Thursday, June 23, BFMC Conference Room C
• Thursday, July 21, BFMC Conference Room A
• Thursday, Aug. 25, BFMC Conference Room C
• Thursday, Sept. 15, BFMC Conference Room B
• Thursday, Oct. 20, BFMC Conference Room B
• Thursday, Nov. 17, BFMC Conference Room C
• Thursday, Dec. 15, BFMC Conference Room C

For more information about the Amputee Support Group, e-mail sohail.waienmd@baystatehealth.org.