Recognition Events, A Remembrance, A Farewell

This was a keen calendar week at GBMC.  On Wednesday nighttime we held our annual Employee Recognition Dinner at Valley Mansion where more than than than 500 of our GBMC family unit unit unit of measuring members were recognized for their service to the organization.

This yr, we were privileged to recognize ii employees who’ve been amongst GBMC for at to the lowest grade 45 years. Chеѕtіnа Chаmbеrѕ, an OR Support Assistant inwards the  PACU, started with us inwards Oct 1966 likewise testament live celebrating 46 years of dedicated service next calendar month.  Pаmеlа Rееd, a cytotechnologist, before this month celebrated her 45th anniversary at GBMC.

Our vision is for a scheme that gets everyone ameliorate health with ameliorate help at lower cost with more than joy for those providing the aid.  The starting signal of reaching our vision is engaged employees.  We will never acquire to our vision, no thing how smart the ideas are, if our people are not engaged likewise don’t believe inward where our fellowship is going.

This calendar calendar week’s dinner was a reminder that we have as well as so many people who accept got invested as well as so much of their lives with us, which is actually a gift. At the really to the lowest grade, 1 time a yr nosotros telephone telephone call for to reach out as well give give thanks y'all them as good as celebrate them.  It’moment too an take a chance for them to reflect on all of the people who they’ve helped inwards their career, either direct or indirectly.  That’sec a smashing legacy.

In add-on to Chestina together with Pamela, v employees were recognized for xl years of service to GBMC: Nоrmа Buttѕ - a nurse dorsum upwards tech inwards Unit 48 – Surgery; Mаrу Hооvеr – a nurse inward the Wound Care Center;  Bеttу Jасkѕоn – anesthesia technician; Cіndу Kаhl – a patient service assistant inwards the Pediatric Associates practise; in addition to Annеttе Wіllіаmѕ, a medical technologist inwards the lab.

We every scrap well celebrated 12 employees with 35 years of service; 10 with 30 years; 32 with 25 years; 24 with xx; 52 with xv; 97 with 10; inward improver to 275 colleagues who take been with GBMC for v years.

To all of our employees - our patients, their loved ones, together with your colleagues owe a detail appreciation for all yous brand.

On Thursday eventide, Dr. Julіе Frеіѕсhlаg, Chair of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, gave the kickoff annual Pеtеr J. Gоluеkе, M.D. Mеmоrіаl Lесturе. Friends of Dr. Golueke, our past times times Chief of Vascular Surgery who died terminal yr, raised the funds for this lecture to think his wonderful piece of work at GBMC. Members of Dr. Golueke’sec  family unit unit of measurement unit of mensuration were introduce including his married woman, his sons, as good his daughter Erin who spoke at the consequence also reminded us that she had helped heighten the money past times times baking inward add together-on to selling cupcakes at her schoolhouse. It is important that a family unit unit reflect on the contributions of its members who accept passed on. Peter was an splendid Dr., colleague, every bit good every fleck leader at GBMC.

On Fri morn, we said adept 24-hour interval at a retirement reception inwards the cafeteria to Cеоlа Tаbrоn, who worked inwards environmental services at GBMC for 41 years. Ceola will live missed for her hard spell of while of piece of work every scrap skilful as dedication only likewise for her infectious grinning. She told me of her plans inward retirement to build some travelling together with run into friends together with family unit of measurement. She told me that she was proud that lonely i snow storm had prevented her from getting to slice of piece of work inward all her 41 years!

After the reception for Ceola, I travelled to the Sheraton Towson for our annual Volunteer Celebration Luncheon. We celebrated the spell of work of volunteers both at our Medical Center as good as good at Gilchrist Hospice Care. I learned that inwards improver to the thousands of hours of service at GBMC inwards that place are some 400 active volunteers at Gilchrist who contributed over 28,000 patient assistance hours inward financial 2012.  Of that number over 2,000 hours were devoted to the stop of life doula reckoner programme also near 9,000 hours were dedicated to serving patients inwards our 2 inpatient units in Towson in addition to inwards Howard County. What a tremendous gift of service to GBMC, Gilchrist, together with our patients.

It was a long calendar calendar calendar week of celebrating, remembering inward improver to saying give give thanks you lot yous. This is a necessary use of the life of the GBMC family unit unit.