Staff report

Dr. David Belvin, a family practice physician at Smithfield Medical Center, will speak on &uot;Dietary Prevention and Treatment of Diabetes: Low Fat or Low Carb?&uot; on Wednesday, July 16 at 7 p.m. at the Smithfield YMCA.

The Medical Center is a member of Obici Health System. Dr. Belvin’s talk is being offered as part of a health education partnership between Obici Hospital and the Y. To register, or for more information, call 365-4060.

The physicians and staff at Smithfield Medical Center are dedicated to providing the residents of Smithfield and Isle of Wight County with the best care possible – promptly and at a reasonable cost. The Center’s services include routine checkups, same-day care, and school and employment physicals. It serves as a satellite office for Obici Hospital specialists in cardiology, gastroenterology, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, psychiatry, psychology, pulmonology and urology.

Smithfield Medical Center is next door to the Obici Mammography Center and the Smithfield physical therapy branch of Obici Hospital’s Rehabilitative Services. For additional services, the Center draws upon the state-of-the-art medical technologies and high level of physician experience offered at Obici Hospital.

The 138-bed Obici Hospital offers the people of western Tidewater and northeastern North Carolina the latest in health care close to home. In a stunning and soothing new building with every square inch devoted to healing, the Suffolk, Va. facility continues to honor the legacy of Amedeo Obici, who founded the hospital in memory of his wife, Louise.

Obici Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accred-itation of Health Care Organiza-tions and offers a wide range of inpatient and outpatient treatment and services.

As a member of the Planetree network of health-care providers, the hospital is committed to offering care that emphasizes a holistic, patient-centered approach and to providing services that improve the quality of health in our community.