The Lourdes Health System announces that the boards of directors of its two affiliate hospitals have scheduled the first of what will be annual open public meetings, which will enable area residents to learn more about the hospitals' mission, services, utilization and governance.

The meetings will be held on Thursday, December 9, 2010, at 5:00 p.m., in the Cafeteria Atrium at Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County, located at 218 A Sunset Road, Willingboro; and on Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 8:00 a.m., at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, 1600 Haddon Avenue, Camden, in the hospital's Physician Conference Center, whose entrance is on Vesper Boulevard. Directions to both facilities are available online at www.lourdesnet.org/directions.