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Recognition
Day Kimball Healthcare received a gold-level recognition certificate from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration for promoting enrollment in state organ donor registries as part of a national campaign at Day Kimball Hospital in July. Left to right: Chas MacKenzie, director of Donation Development, New England Donor Services; Anne Diamond, president and CEO, Day Kimball Healthcare; and John O’Keefe, chief nursing officer and vice president of Patient Services. Courtesy photo.
PUTNAM — Day Kimball Healthcare (DKH) has received gold-level recognition from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for promoting enrollment in state organ donor registries as part of a national campaign.
“We are honored to have been recognized by HRSA with this gold-level achievement for our participation and cultivation of a culture that incorporates educating and registering donors as a standard part of our mission to improve the health and wellbeing of the community by providing the best medical care,” said Anne Diamond, president and CEO, Day Kimball Healthcare.
DKH partnered with LifeChoice Donor Services, the area’s local designated organ procurement organization, to conduct awareness and registry campaigns that educated staff, patients, visitors and community members on the critical need for organ, eye and tissue donors, thereby increasing the number of potential donors in the state’s donation registry.
“Day Kimball Hospital has always encouraged registering as an organ and tissue donor,” said Chas MacKenzie, Director of Donation Development, New England Donor Services. “In the last two years alone, the Hospital supported 14 families whose loved ones gave the gift of life through donation. The Day Kimball staff is remarkable in providing for our community’s health care needs and that includes the heroes who are donor families. There are 1,228 Connecticut residents waiting for a lifesaving transplant today, and many more who need tissues to see again, walk again, and return to healthier living. It is an honor to work with such a strong community partner in this life saving mission.”
Recognition
Day Kimball Healthcare received a gold-level recognition certificate from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration for promoting enrollment in state organ donor registries as part of a national campaign at Day Kimball Hospital in July. Left to right: Chas MacKenzie, director of Donation Development, New England Donor Services; Anne Diamond, president and CEO, Day Kimball Healthcare; and John O’Keefe, chief nursing officer and vice president of Patient Services. Courtesy photo.