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The local Florida Crown Region of the Porsche Club of America is raising awareness of heart disease and having a fundraiser for the Baptist Heart Hospital.
On Saturday morning, July 15, about 75 Porsches will gather at Baptist’s downtown campus to raise funds and awareness for the Heart Rhythm Center. Members of the Porsche Club are encouraged to register their cars and the car community is invited to donate to the cause as well. The goal is to raise $50,000.
Registration fees and donations are 100% tax-deductible. There will be two top trophies awarded at the conclusion of the event. The Porsche Club is working hand-in-hand with the Baptist Health Foundation to organize the event to make sure the fun includes the patients and staff as they will be able to vote for their favorites.
Porsches are high-performance automobiles, and, as with an athlete, it depends on its engine to perform.
The engine is the heart of all Porsches — just like the human heart depends on valves, electrical sensors and injectors. If a Porsche wasn’t running right, then the owner would see a mechanic. The Baptist Heart Hospital is the best mechanic for the human heart in the area. In fact, it’s this area’s only freestanding hospital for heart and vascular care.
The Heart Rhythm Center is a new $17 million state-of-the-art facility specializing in treatments and cures for heart-rhythm abnormalities.
Located within the Baptist Heart Hospital, the Heart Rhythm Center is a one-stop destination for electrical physiological procedures, including catheter-based ablations, and implanting defibrillators, pacemakers and other devices. All pre-operative, procedure and post-operative care, including overnight stays if needed, are performed in this state-of-the-art center, allowing patients to get this specialized care close to home.
With the population growth in Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida, and the ability to diagnose heart rhythm abnormalities expanding with new technology, the need to treat atrial fibrillation (Afib) and other heart rhythm abnormalities is increasing.
Thanks to the expert teams and physicians, the Heart Hospital at Baptist Jacksonville offers high quality cardiac care for the region, and adding an electrical physiological center will help meet the growing community’s needs.
Just like high performance Porsches need a specialized mechanic, the human heart also needs a specialized doctor. Heart rhythm problems can be life-limiting, or life-ending, so the need for treatment is important.
For more information about the event: pcafcr.org/event/baptist-heart-hospital-rhythm-center-fundraiser or pcafcr.org/contact.
