Posts by Lyric Marinac
2019 Hope Fund Week Winners
Thank you for showing your support during Hope Fund Week! During Hope Fund week, we celebrate everything our colleagues do to help one another through the Hope Fund! Thank you for your support all year long that allows us to do what we do best — take care of others, including our own HCA Healthcare…
Read MoreRob RN Received Much Needed Support Thanks to Caring Colleagues
Rob Pike, an RN in Jacksonville, FL, didn’t know much about the HCA Hope Fund the day he slipped and fell on the sidewalk at home. That all changed after his seemingly “everyday” accident led to major health problems, unexpected time away from work, and loss of income. Rob’s story began with a fall while…
Read MoreHope Fund Donors Helped Sarah During A Scary Time
Sarah Sunkel, a Clinical Supervisor from Virginia, had been experiencing some unusual twitching in her leg and knew something wasn’t right. Her symptoms continued to get worse which led to an ER visit. Shortly after arriving at the hospital, Sarah had a grand mal seizure. A CT scan revealed that she had a cancerous brain…
Read MoreRN Marisela Found Hope From Her Compassionate Colleagues
As a RN, Marisela has helped nurse hundreds of patients back to health – but after a terrible car crash left her injured, she went from being the caretaker to the one needing care. She found strength and the support her family needed from her HCA Healthcare family when she turned to the Hope Fund…
Read MoreCaring Colleagues Gave Steve Hope During a Difficult Recovery
As Chaplain at Lee’s Summit Medical Center, Steve Satterfield’s role involves providing much needed support and spiritual guidance to patients – but when he had a major medical event, it was his colleagues and the HCA Hope Fund who stepped in to provide him with the support he desperately needed. One day, Steve was hiking…
Read MoreHope Fund Donors Help Nurses Like Lisa!
Lisa Prosser of TriStar Skyline Medical Center is an experienced caregiver – as a nurse since 1985, taking care of others comes naturally to her. So when her father began to exhibit troubling symptoms, Lisa didn’t hesitate to drop everything to drive to Ohio and be by his side. “My father had fallen three times…
Read MoreJack and His Colleagues Receive Help and Hope After Hurricane Michael
As Director of Plant Operations at Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center, Jack Kennington knows what it takes to keep a hospital running. He has lived in Florida his entire life and made it through more hurricanes than he can remember. So when Hurricane Michael moved north toward Panama City, Jack and his colleagues gathered at…
Read More2018 Hope Fund Week Winners
Thank you for showing your support during the 2018 Hope Fund Week! Here are the HCA Employee prize winners for each day: Monday (Sept. 10th) Winner: GoPro & Accessories: Nina Cornelsen Tuesday (Sept. 11th) Winner: FitBit Versa Smartwatch: Angela Quinonez Wednesday (Sept. 12th) Winner: AirPods & an Echo Dot: Rachel Hobson Thursday (Sept. 13th) Winner: iRobot Roomba Vacuum Cleaning…
Read MoreAsking for Help Is the First Step in Daughter’s Recovery
Terra Boudreaux is good at getting things done. As a single mom of three kids, she has to be. But when her 17-year-old daughter, Reagan, was admitted to ICU with a severe concussion and memory loss, Terra found herself in an unfamiliar position: she needed help. “The EEG showed her brain was functioning at 1…
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