Sertoma Foundation receives funding
Sam Shrieves, marking president of Capital City Bank, presented a $250 check to Debra Golinski, executive director of Sertoma Speech & Hearing Foundation, to be used for program services. Capital City has been a supporter of Sertoma programs in Pasco, Hernando and Citrus counties for nearly 20 years.
Hospital hands out awards
Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point has recognized Peggy Pappas, RN, with the 11th annual Good Samaritan Health Clinic Nurses’ Gala Nurse of the Year award. A winner is selected from each local hospital.
Pappas will reign for one year with community appearances, such as a judge for the Festival of Trees event and riding in the Chasco Fiesta Parade.
The hospital also has selected its male and female volunteer of the year award recipients.
Dixie Cagle joined Regional Medical’s volunteer association in 2009 and has volunteered 17,500 hours. Cagle greets patients and families at Welcome A and Welcome D, is a chairperson for Welcome D, a courier team leader and a member of the awards committee. She also has served two years as director-at-large on the Volunteer Association Board.
Adrian Borel has been with the hospital for nearly 28 years and has accumulated more than 15,000 hours of service. Borel worked for 26 years in the pharmacy, and two years ago started working in materials management making deliveries throughout the hospital.
He received the Five Star Award in 2014 and the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award from former President George W. Bush in 2008.
Real-time online scheduling launches
New and existing patients of Bayfront Health Medical Group now have anytime access to make an appointment online, with select medical providers.
Bayfront Health Medical Group, affiliated with Bayfront Health Dade City, is among the first health care providers in the area to offer a real-time online booking service.
Individuals now have 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week access to check availability and schedule an appointment, using a mobile device or a PC through MyBayfrontHealth.com.
The free, online service also can help patients gain access to appointments that open up on a doctor’s calendar due to last-minute cancellations and reschedules.
Providers available for the service are Dr. Elizabeth John, internal medicine; Dr. Kozhimala John, internal medicine; Dr. Fernando Morales, primary care; Dr. Kousalya Sara, pediatrics; Dr. Joseph Nystrom, family practice; nurse practitioner Barrie McCrimmon, family practice; and, nurse practitioner Mark Roque, family practice.
Most providers are expected to be available for online booking in the future.
Maternity Suites celebrate one year
Oak Hill Hospital in Spring Hill celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of its Maternity Suites. On opening day June 7, 2016, two boys were delivered to separate parents. Since then, 607 babies have been delivered by OB/GYN physicians and certified midwives at the hospital.
The Maternity Suites is a 22,000-sq.-ft. facility, which includes six labor and delivery suites, 10 postpartum recovery suites, two antepartum labor suites, a cesarean surgical suite, and a 12-position holding nursery for babies who need special monitoring or continuous observation.
In addition, there are board-certified specialty nurses and other professional support staff on-site 24 hours a day, seven days a week; a lactation specialist; next-generation amenities, including the latest industry standards for patient monitoring and an advanced baby security system; and, wireless fetal monitoring.
NAMI support meetings
The Pasco County Chapter of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) offers two types of support group meetings every month.
The NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group is a structured closed group, open only to those with a mental illness diagnosis. The group is for individuals age 18 and older, who are interested in the recovery process, sharing coping skills and being with others who understand the daily challenges of living with a mental illness. The group is facilitated by trained peers.
The NAMI Family Support Group is for family members and caregivers of an adult with a mental illness diagnosis.
The support meetings cover all brain disorders including, but not limited to, OCD, depression, bipolar, schizophrenia, multiple personalities and more.
For information, call (727) 992-9653, or visit NamiPasco.org.
