Doctor Cooking Up Healthy Meal Next Month

An area physician will putting on a chef's hat next month to raise money for the Riverside Health Care's chemotherapy department.

Dr. Dimitrios Vergidis, who is the Oncologist for the Riverside Chemotherapy Program and Chief Oncologist for Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, will host and prepare a five-course meal highlighting the healthy eating of the Mediterranean.

"It will be an evening to learn about cancer prevention and healthy lifestyles”, said Teresa Hazel, Foundation Director.

The event takes place Friday, April 23 at the Memorial Sports Centre Auditorium and replaces the popular Old Bags Lunch.

Hazel says the Lunch will return again next year.

Tickets are fifty dollars each with a portion of the price qualifying for a charitable receipt and can be obtained by calling the Foundation office at 274-4803 or Shawn McCaig at 274-4817.