Ness Declares Thursday Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day in Duluth

Posted: Published on September 25th, 2014

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Updated: 09/25/2014 6:24 PM Created: 09/25/2014 6:18 PM WDIO.com

Thursday was Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day in Duluth.

The goal of the day is to draw awareness to spinal cord injuries, how to prevent them, and the treatment options.

Duluth Mayor Don Ness declared the day for the second year in a row at Essentia Health on Thursday. In 2013, he was the first mayor in Minnesota to officially recognize September as Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month.

"Really appreciate the efforts that have been undertaken in recent years to raise awareness, to bring this issue to the forefront, to engage in a community conversation," Ness said on Thursday. "Both on the prevention side as well as on the care side. They're both equally important, and we can make a lot of progress by bringing this sort of awareness."

There are currently more than 1.2 million people in the U.S. living with a spinal cord injury.

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