Baptist Health Corbin holds ‘Tree of Life’ ceremony for employees who have passed

Baptist Health Corbin Vice-President Mark Steely delivered remarks Monday afternoon during a Tree of Life ceremony in the Paul Parker Pavilion Lobby. A total of 12 new names were added to the tree to represent former hospital staff and volunteers, who passed away during the past year. Below, Chaplin Susan Williams read the names of those, who has passed away over the past year. Bottom, the newly added names were denoted with a purple ribbon.

For people that work at a hospital, death can be a regular occurrence. Even for people accustomed to dealing with death, it is different if it is a co-worker or colleague, who has died.

Monday afternoon was a time for Baptist Health Corbin to remember 12 of their own, who died over the past year with a Tree of Life ceremony.

The ceremony is an annual event that honors employees, retired employees, volunteers and physicians, who have passed away.

Their names were engraved on gold leaves that were added to the Tree of Life, which is located in the Paul Parker Pavilion Lobby of the hospital.

“Several years ago how this all started, our volunteers purchased this tree of memories. They put it in our lobby so we can honor and recognize members of our communities,” explained Baptist Health Corbin Vice-President Mark Steely. “We want to take the time to recognize our former employees, our former volunteers, who have passed away over the past year.”

Chaplin Susan Williams delivered the prayer and read off the new names added to the tree this year, including: Judy Chandler, Teresa Cowden, Kathy Hill, Emma McPherson, Brenda Meadors, John Morgan, Geeta Ishwar Patel, Raymond Roginski, Leland Sawyers, Mike Smith, Crystal Ward Woolum and Karlyle Keith Young.

Newly added names were denoted with a purple ribbon beside them.

“Our condolences for all the family of the loved ones that we come out to recognize today,” Steely added.

Baptist Health Corbin is a 273-bed, acute care facility providing a wide variety of healthcare services to residents of Whitley, Knox, Laurel, Bell, Clay, McCreary counties in Kentucky and Harlan and Campbell counties in Tennessee.

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A community event is being held this week to help educate on the risks, prevention techniques and importance of screening for colon cancer. And those who attend will also be treated to a free movie.

Baptist Health Corbin is partnering with Kentucky Cancer Program and Kentucky Cancer Link to host their Movie Night: Education on Colon Cancer Prevention event this Thursday from 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm at Cinema Social (formerly Tri County Cineplex).  Dr. Jahan Miremami will be the event’s guest speaker, where he will be talking about colon cancer prevention.

The event will include educational vendor exhibits, including an inflatable colon, and refreshments. Following the lecture from Dr. Miremami, attendees will be able to enjoy a free movie. The movie, Ordinary Angels, is the story about a hairdresser who single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father save the life of his critically ill young daughter.

Colon cancer is more common in Kentucky than any other state in the nation, making its prevention and treatment a top priority for Baptist Health. One of the best ways to get ahead of colon cancer is through raising awareness and early detection.

Increasing awareness of the importance of early detection and preventive care for colon cancer is key to curbing the trend.

“Increasing awareness of cancer prevention, and early detection through screenings, is very important, especially in our underserved communities where residents are less likely to seek preventive medical care,” said Abigail Byrnes, MD, Baptist Health Cancer Care service line chair. “Many also may not know that both private insurance plans started after Sept. 23, 2010, and Medicare cover the costs of colon cancer screening tests, including colonoscopy, without co-pays or deductibles.

“Through these events, we hope to educate people not only about cancer, but about how they can access cancer screenings.”

Registration for the event will begin at 5:30 p.m., which is also when attendees will be able to tour the exhibits on display and learn about colon cancer resources. Seating in the theater will begin at 6:15 p.m., with Dr. Miremami to speak at 6:30 p.m. The showing of Ordinary Angels will then begin at 7:15 p.m.

Anyone who wishes to attend can register prior to the event by sending an email to BRCMarketing@bhsi.com.

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