CMH names Mercy Award winner
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WILMINGTON – CMH recently announced that Marco Otey has been recognized as the hospital’s 2021 Mercy Award winner.
The Mercy Award recognizes one employee from each of LifePoint Health’s hospitals who profoundly touches the lives of others and best represents the spirit and values on which the company was founded.
The Mercy Award is an annual recognition program established in 2002 to honor the life and contributions of Scott Mercy, LifePoint’s founding chairman and chief executive officer. The award is considered the highest honor a LifePoint employee can receive.
“At CMH, we share LifePoint’s commitment to making communities healthier, and we recognize this is supported by the good work and service of our employees on and off the job,” said Lance Beus, CEO of CMH “We are extremely proud to recognize Marco for her efforts on behalf of our patients and our community. She goes above and beyond each and every day to ens
CMH awards annual scholarships to Wilmington High School graduates
From left are CMH CNO Lesley Wininger, Wendy Short and Lorin Short, and CMH CEO Lance Beus.
From left are CMH CNO Lesley Wininger and CEO Lance Beus, Makenzie Sweetman and Lisa and Brian Sweetman.
WILMINGTON Clinton Memorial Hospital awarded two $1,000 college scholarships to graduating seniors last week.
The scholarships funded through events hosted by CMH’s employee engagement board and awarded annually to family members of CMH employees were awarded to Makenzie Sweetman and Lorin Short.
Makenzie, a graduate of Wilmington High School, and Lorin, a graduate of Wilmington High School and Laurel Oaks, were selected in a blind review process by the scholarship committee for their demonstrated leadership, drive, and academic success.
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Aspiring nurse Leigh Ann Swayne, right foreground, is the recipient of a $2,000 Jeanette Payne Memorial Nurses Training Scholarship. It was awarded by Clinton County Voiture 992 (V-992), a veterans charitable organization chartered in 1984. Joining Swayne are her children Sawyer and Ryleigh, as well as V-992 representatives, from left, Paul Butler, Bob Rich (Nurses Training Directeur), and Charlie Shoemaker (Chef de Gare). Swayne will be a student in the Southern State Community College nursing program.
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In conjunction with Nurses Week, a proclamation recognizing the vital work that nurses do was presented Thursday from the Office of the Mayor of Wilmington. In this photo from left, CMH Chief Nursing Officer Lesley Wininger, RN, receives a proclamation from Wilmington Mayor John Stanforth.
Remembering Luke: ‘Donate Life’ emphasized at ceremonies
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Shelby LaPine, the mother of organ donor Luke LaPine, hugs Bill Repp, the recipient of Luke’s heart.
The Donate Life flag is raised Tuesday afternoon at the Clinton County Courthouse.
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Sherrie Stoops provides special music during Donate Life flag-raising ceremony at the Foster J. Boyd, M.D. Regional Cancer Center across from Clinton Memorial Hospital.
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Lance Beus, CEO of Clinton Memorial Hospital, speaks at the Donate Life flag-raising ceremony at the Foster J. Boyd, M.D. Regional Cancer Center across from Clinton Memorial Hospital.
How you can help healthcare workers: Hospitals and staff are feeling the pressures
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At Continental Manor in Blanchester, the first resident to receive the vaccine is Haney Burris. Burris told the person injecting the vaccine that she was one of the first people to receive the polio vaccine when it came out, and now is happy to be one of the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
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WILMINGTON In a virtual town hall Friday concerning COVID-19, senior leadership staff with Clinton Memorial Hospital told what they as local health care workers are seeing and made clearer the virus’ dangers, while also prescribing what residents can do to help matters.