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from the president I’ve had many opportunities to meet and talk with community members in the past year. During our conversations, we’ve talked about what we need to do to be successful at Medina Hospital. We heard three answers: Put patients first, take care of each other and take care of the hospital. One of the guiding principles of Cleveland Clinic is Patients First. At Medina Hospital, we are Three steps to success Sincerely, Rob Stall President Medina Hospital 1000 E. Washington St. Medina OH 44256 330.725.1000 Rob Stall President, Medina Hospital Board of Directors Pamela Miller, Chairman Mark Farrell, Vice Chairman Ronald H. Paydo Jr., Secretary Thomas Steinke, Treasurer Robert P Stall, President . Michael J. Meehan, Esq., Assistant Secretary Vicky Snyder, Assistant Treasurer Charles F. Coleman Jr. Kent Daugherty Fred M. DeGrandis Steve Glass C. Nevada Johnson Jr. Barbara Mack Daniel Martin, MD Joshua Miller, DO S. Jules Moodley, MD Elaine F. Nichols, EdD, RN, CNS Sampath Ramanavarapu, MD Brad Root Becky Shotwell Mark C. Speelman, MD Timothy Spiro, MD Patrick E. Sziraky, MD EDiTORiAl Robin louis embracing this philosophy. Our second tenet is taking care of each other. If we act as a team or family and take care of each other, it’s easy to focus on the patient. Finally, we need to take care of the hospital. If we do these three things everything else will follow and Medina Hospital will have a very bright future. r eful patient lette Grat for my grandma, garding your care lf of my family re for your is letter on beha staff of the ICU I am sending th the entire nursing ank . We wanted to th Barbara Heckler treatment. her care and and we outstanding job in very bad condition edina. She was in n to M ent, she was sferred from Akro re and encouragem We had her tran ur quick action, ca but that lose her. With yo ral complications thought we might way. She had seve n under help her. eatment was soo y possible way to stabilized and tr from trying ever yone in the ICU ere were a few never stopped an at helped her. Th th every nurse th cially like to impressed wi duties. We’d espe We were extremely and above their Molly Brown and out and went over Godsey, Beth Will, that really stood hroeder, Shanna re she was er, Lauren Sc tantly making su thank Diane Utzl ndma’s room cons ra e time . We saw you in G r her. You took th Jennifer Sancrant best it could be fo was the med every step that everything and kept us infor comfortable and u encouraged us Yo of you er our questions. mfortable. Some to listen and answ that we were co e sure h you care. k the time to mak owed us how muc of the way. You too ese little things sh Th oulder to cry on. e able to even offered a sh ssed away. We ar the worse and pa a turn for all of you did y grandma took le hands and that Unfortunately, m in the best possib s orts. know that she wa ough for your eff be at peace as we can’t thank you en le for her. We Sincerely, everything possib This publication is for information purposes and should not be relied upon as medical advice. it has not been designed to replace a physician’s medical assessment and medical judgment. Always consult first with your physician about anything related to your personal health. 2 fa Todd Novak and mily SUMMER 2010

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Health Essentials - Summer 2010 - Medina
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A Message from the President of Medina Hospital
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Health Essentials - Summer 2010 - Medina