Georgia First Lady, Sandra Deal, and Brenda Fitzgerald, M.D., commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH), visited Northside Hospital-Cherokee on Wednesday, July 22, as part of a statewide tour of Georgia hospitals to discuss the importance of childhood immunizations with new parents.

Mrs. Deal and Dr. Fitzgerald made personal visits to two families, who had just delivered at Northside, offering each a free Hallmark immunization card to aid them in keeping their new babys immunization records organized. The pocket-sized card allows parents to keep their childs immunization records in their wallet, where they are easily accessible during school or athletics registration, and doctors appointments. If you have this piece in your wallet, the nurse or you can write that down, Deal said. We want the child to be immunized properly and this little piece of paper helps with that.