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Meet Our Service Stars
Their Extra Efforts Provide Closure
Seriously ill with congestive heart failure, a patient was ready to
transfer from the Regional Heart Center--Medical unit at Lehigh Valley
Hospital–Muhlenberg to hospice care when the unthinkable occurred: his
wife, who was arranging for his care, passed away.
With their father too ill to leave the hospital, the family’s sons
asked their father’s case manager, Diane Milkovits, to help him say
goodbye to his wife. With additional assistance from administrative
partner Linda McCarthy, chaplain Katherine Weider and senior vice
president of operations Stuart Paxton, Milkovits arranged for a
memorial service in the chapel.
When the day arrived, unit colleagues transported the patient to the
chapel, and his nurse, Paula Priestas, R.N., remained by his side. “I’m
so glad we could do this,” Milkovits says. “You could see the look of
gratitude on his face. We were able to give him, his family and friends
closure in a difficult time.”
This page last updated 2/12/08 04:08 PM
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