Good Samaritan Medical Center Free Diabetes Support Group

The Good Samaritan Medical Center offers a free monthly diabetes support group for adults, covering a variety of topics for patients.

The upcoming meeting on Nov. 7 will focus on “Planning for a Healthy Future.”

The meetings are held at the YMCA, 445 Central St., Stoughton from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Meetings begin with open discussions for attendees to ask questions or raise concerns.

Pre-registration is requested and may be made by calling 508-427-3468 or 508-427-2311.

Please note there will be no meeting held for the month of December. The next meeting will take place Jan. 2, covering the topic of “Special Considerations when Sick.”

Good Samaritan Medical Center, a member of Steward Health Care, is a 231-bed, acute-care hospital providing comprehensive inpatient, outpatient and emergency services to Brockton and 22 neighboring communities. The hospital offers Centers of Excellence care in oncology and cardiology, specialized care in surgery, family-centered obstetrics with level-two nursery, pain management, substance abuse and diabetes and advanced diagnostic imaging. Further information is available at www.steward.org.

Steward Health Care is a community-based accountable care organization and community hospital network which includes Good Samaritan Medical Center. Headquartered in Boston, Steward has more than 17,000 employees serving more than one million patients annually in 85 communities.