For Immediate Release:

February

04, 2013

Media Contact:

Lidia Amoretti
[email protected]

305-585-7206

786-348-3697

PATIENT EVELIN MATAMOROS WILL ADDRESS THE MEDIA

Who:

Evelin Matamoros, patient; Vladimir Matamoros, patient’s husband

What:

Evelin Matamoros was brought to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center on Thursday, January 24, after being shot in the face during a robbery in Miami.  Matamoros and her husband Vladimir Matamoros will address the media and provide an update on her condition. 

The Jackson Memorial Foundation has set up a fund to assist Evelin Matamoros. Anyone interested in helping Mrs. Matamoros can make a donation through the Jackson Memorial Foundation website, www.jmf.org. To make a contribution, click the “Take Action Now” tab, and then click on donations. Once you are on the donation page, select “other” in the contribution details section and input: Evelin Matamoros. You may also write a check to Jackson Memorial Foundation and include Mrs. Matamoros name in the memo portion. Checks can be mailed to Jackson Memorial Foundation, Park Plaza East, Suite G, 901 N.W. 17th Street, Miami, FL 33136.

When:

February

04, 2013, 1:00 p.m.- 2:00 p.m.

Where:

Jackson Memorial Hospital
Ira Clark Diagnostic Treatment Center, Room 252
Corner of Northwest 12th Avenue and 19th Street
Miami, FL 33136

Why: 

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Editor’s Note:

*Media can park outside of the Clark DTC.

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Jackson Health System
1611 N.W. 12th Avenue Miami, FL 33136