Fort Wayne Hospital supports those working in relief efforts

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Parkview Health is fully supporting the Hurricane relief efforts in a number of different ways, and fully supporting employees who want to go to the Gulf Coast area to help.

Parkview's response to the disaster is already evident in many ways.

Parkview's response to the disaster, under the leadership of Charlie Mason, Parkview Health CEO, is already evident in many ways:

Parkview Health EMS teams have been deployed to the disaster scenes from LaGrange, Noble and Whitley counties.

More than 100 Parkview employees have registered to directly assist in the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in cooperation with the Indiana State Department of Health.

Parkview Health employees have already given more than $9,000 in cash donations to the VHA, a national network of not-for-profit community hospitals for direct assistance to healthcare workers in the affected areas. In the aftermath of Katrina, thousands of healthcare workers in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, like the firefighters of September 11, are putting forth a heroic effort to help those affected by this disaster. They were the front-line workers for the first 72 hours after the hurricane. Thousands of them have lost much if not everything and will need resources to rebuild their lives.

Parkview Health gave an immediate cash donation of $60,000 to The Care Fund, a foundation established by the state hospital associations in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to help these heroic healthcare workers rebuild their lives.

Parkview Health employees are participating in several American Red Cross blood drives throughout the health system.

Parkview Health has developed a process that allows employees to covert vacation days to cash, which will be donated to The Care Fund.

Any questions may be directed to Rev. Ann Steiner Lantz, Director, Chaplaincy Services at ann.lantz@parkview.com or 260-373-4470.

Last updated on 25 Apr 2008

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