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Open meetings

All employees are invited to attend one of three hospital-wide open meetings. The meetings will be held in Enders Auditorium at the following times:

Tue. Jan. 29, 12:00 p.m.
Fri. Feb 1, 8:30 a.m.
Tue. Feb 12, 5:00 p.m.

If you have a question you would like answered, please submit it in advance.

James Mandell, MD, president and CEO, and Sandra Fenwick, chief operating officer, will speak on topics from the successes of 2001 and plans for 2002 to updates on the construction projects.

Kindergarten registration

Staff, patients, families and visitors are invited to register their kindergarten-age children for school on Thursday, Jan. 24, from 3:30 to 7 p.m. in the Pavilion Conference Dining Room.

Please bring:
• Child’s birth certificate • Updated immunization record • Two proofs of address (e.g., a utility bill or letter from the city) • I.D. of the person registering the child • Names of requested schools

Call Pediatric Health Associates at ext. 4973 with questions.

 


Sandy Bates, RN. created this quilt for the "comfort corner" hospice room.

New comforts, resources for patients on 7 West

Room 715 is not a typical hospital room. Its first occupant, a terminally ill 7-year-old boy who hated the idea of being hospitalized and protested feircely when he was admitted, surveyed his new quarters with a critical eye...

Just a phone call away
Children's will open a new Emerency Communications Center on January 22...

Giving patients a voice
When Bill and Sue Bradt found out their daughter Amy had a rare form of cancer that affected her jaw, they knew the surgery to remove the tumor would be extensive and debilitating...

PeopleSoft training on the horizon
For many of you, training for the new PeopleSoft system will begin in February...

Gratitudes
...I tend not to be a believer in miracles...

Promotions
Promotions from October and November, 2001

The sports section
Red Sox infielder Lou Merloni pays a visit; Celtics donate tickets...

Lou Merloni Celtics


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