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    Take One For the Team!

    It won’t be long and Labor Day will be here.  Even though fall actually begins on September 23, most of us consider Labor Day weekend to be the end of summer. School is back in session and the days are noticeably shorter.  We look forward to our three day weekends don’t we, those of us who get them?  It’s a wonderful thing to be benefited and paid for holidays off right?  But as a hospital that cares for patients 24/7 365, someone always has to be here. From doctors to the switchboard, we need coverage everyday of the year regardless of holidays.  So who covers those coveted days off?  I was off on the 4th of July and the day after. I probably wont be here on Labor Day either.  In my department I’m kind of the outcast.  Though I’m part of the Case Management dept, I’m not a case manager. I can do nothing to get a patient into a skilled nursing facility or get home health care ordered for them.  So my department co-workers take turns working on days when only a skeleton staff is on site.  No competition for parking on those days.  

    What about you?  Do you occasionally offer to work on a day that you’d rather take off, but you do it in the spirit of Teamwork?  I believe in karma.  It is taught in both Hinduism and Buddhism, and yes I’m a Christian, but the concept also appears in Judeo-Christian teachings as well.  God repays our good deeds and He looks on the hearts of men (people) with favor. Others may forget, but God does not. Christians are encouraged to “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.”   Philippians 2:3-4.

    So although my presence may not count, I will challenge myself to come in for a few hours during the holidays, November/December. If nothing else I can bring fattening treats to my co-workers and spur them on as I round with some of our patients who also wish they could home for the holiday.

    Chaplain Denise

    (925) 779-7200 x1237

    • 6 August 2010
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    The Care you Need Close to Home! First Rate Physicians, cutting-edge technology, ...CARE with a personal touch.

    Sutter Delta Medical Center offers an array of inpatient and outpatient services to meet the needs of our East Contra Costa Community.

    • 24-Hour Level II Emergency Care
    • Medical/Surgical Services including Post-Anesthesia Care
    • ICU/CCU/OPCU
    • State-of-the-art Family Birthing and Women’s Health Center
    Specialty Care Services include:
    • Pain Management Lab
    • Nuclear Medicine
    • Rehabilitation Medicine (PT,OT, ST)
    • Ambulatory Care Unit - Operative/Minimally Invasive procedures
    • Cardiac Cath and GI/Endoscopy Lab
    • Urology
    • Pediatrics
    • Oncology
    • Neurology
    • Orthopedics –Sports Medicine
    • Obstetrical/Gynecology Services

    Advanced Imaging Services:
    • CT Scanning
    • MRI
    • Digital Mammography
    • Diagnostic Imagining
    • Stereotactic

    Sutter Delta Medical Center
    3901 Lone Tree Way, Antioch CA 94509
    (925) 779-7200

    http://www.sutterdelta.org
    http://yourhealth.sutterdelta.net/

    Serving the East Contra Costa communities of Antioch, Brentwood,Oakley, Discovery Bay, Pittsburg and Knightsen.

    Driving Directions to Sutter Delta Medical Center click here:http://sutterdelta.com/about/maps/sdmc.pdf

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