Inside:Family of CareBreathing Easy

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May/June 2010 www.henrymedical.com

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2 HAITI TO HEALING

8 BREATHING EASY

10 FAMILY OF CARE

12 HMC NEWS

13 FOUNDATION

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healingThe 7.0 magnitude earthquake that leveled partsof Haiti on January 12, 2010, affected more livesthan can be counted. As news reports chronicledthe devastation, help arrived from around theworld. Little did the staff of Henry Medical Centerknow that they would play a role in one woman’sjourney back to health.

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Emellia Borgela

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mellia Borgela is a Haitian businesswoman with a husband and threechildren. They were home when the quake struck, and Borgella’s husband and 15-year-old daughter made it safely outside. Borgela andher sons – ages 7 and 10 – were on the second floor, and she made asplit-second decision that saved their lives. She grabbed her boys andjumped out the window. Other family members and neighbors whoran downstairs to escape were killed when the apartment building collapsed around them.

“If I had not jumped out we would have died,” she says. Neitherboy was hurt from the jump, but the impact of the landing broke both

of Borgela’s legs. The left leg break was a compound fracture, leaving the boneexposed through her skin.

Borgela was later taken to the U.S. Navy’s hospital ship, Comfort, when it arrived in the Port-au-Prince harbor. She traveled to the States alone, severelyinjured, and unable to speak or understand a word of English. Navy surgeonsrepaired the compound fracture and placed an external fixator on Borgela’s leg.She arrived at Dobbins Air Force Base and was brought to Henry Medical Center for care.

Plastic surgeon Lawrence Gross, M.D. was called to complete skin andmuscle flap grafts for Borgela. Once he began his examination he realized thatmore care was needed. “There was a space – a gap – between the bones in herleg,” he says. Philip Ploska, M.D. was in the Surgery Department at the time.He performed a bone graft procedure on Borgela so Dr. Gross could completethe muscle and skin closures.

Then Borgela’s long road to recovery began, but she found plenty of newfriends and helpers along the way. Many of those supporters work at HenryMedical Center, including Roosevelt Pouland and sisters Ketlie Adelson andEvelyne Berthold. All three are originally from Haiti and were invaluable during Borgela’s stay.

“The day I came in and heard about her, I went right to her room and thenurses’ station to tell them I could help,” says Adelson, an Environmental Servicesemployee. “She was very scared and didn’t have anyone who could help herbecause she couldn’t speak English. She cried when I started to leave that day.”Adelson and Berthold spent much of their time visiting with Borgela and sittingwith her before or after their work shifts or on their days off. “When we camein the room you could tell she felt more confident,” Adelson says. “She knew wecould help her understand the doctors and nurses.”

“She was very modest and you could tell she didn’t want a lot of attention forherself,” says Berthold, a patient care assistant. “She was glad for everything people did, but we knew she was very worried about her family back in Haiti.”

Physicians, staff members, and people from the community pitched in tohelp make Borgela’s time in the States a bit better. “The hospital communitywanted to help Emellia,” Adelson says. “They brought food, stopped by to visit,bought things to send to her family, and collected money for phone cards.”

“She was able to talk to her familyevery week,” Berthold says. “That helped,but her kids just wanted her to come backhome.” Borgela wanted the same thingherself but knew she couldn’t return toHaiti until she was completely mobile. Sheleft Henry Medical Center and spent several weeks in rehabilitation at SouthernCrescent Hospital for Specialty Care, along-term care facility in Riverdale. Myrlene Adolphe, RN, BS became herprimary communicator at that point. Herjob as a clinical liaison is to work between patients and their healthcare providers; shewas the perfect connection for Borgela because she too was born in Haiti. “I’vebeen in the United States since I was a little girl,” Adolphe says. “But when Ilearned of her I asked if I could be herliaison since I still speak the language.”

Adelson, Berthold, and others stayedin touch with Borgela even when she wasdischarged from the hospital. “Peoplecalled her every day,” Adolphe says.

Orthopedic surgeon Jenkins Bush,M.D. also treated Borgela in the operating room. After further diagnostictesting, Dr. Bush found she had a second

When you hear about thiskind of tragedy you wantto be available to help.”

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Even though you don’t knowthe people, you’re affected bythe situation. It might be meor my family.

- Evelyne Berthold

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fracture that needed to be fixed. Later, he removed Borgela’s external fixator.She then faced several weeks of notbeing able to put weight on that foot before beginning additional therapy.

Dr. Bush was touched by Borgela'spersonal story. "Emellia is a wonderfulperson. It's one thing to see the tragedyon television, but another to have a person in front of you who needs help,"remarks Dr. Bush.

In addition to taking care Borgela'smedical needs, Dr. Bush and his staffpurchased international phone cards tohelp lift her spirits.

No matter how long the processtakes, Borgela is grateful to be here andto have received such excellent care.She says with certainty that, “If I was stillin Haiti I would have lost my leg.”

When she returns home to her family and friends, Borgela will leavemany Henry County heroes behind. “There’s really been an outpouring fromthe hospital community,” Dr. Gross says.“It’s been very nice to see so many peoplepull together to help.”

“My mother raised me to think thatanything you have, you must share withsomebody,” Berthold adds. “When Iheard the news I knew I had to do something. When something like thathappens, everybody should help.”

Philip Ploska, M.D.

Jenkins Bush, M.D.

Evelyne Berthold

Lawrence Gross, M.D.

Roosevelt Pouland

Emellia Borgela

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t started as a simple cough —nothing that Hal Dayhuff ofStockbridge thought he needed

to worry about. But the cough persistedand worsened over the next couple ofmonths until Dayhuff finally agreedwith his wife Barbara to see a doctor.

“She kept wanting me to get itchecked out but I wouldn’t listen,” Dayhuff says. By the time Decemberrolled around, “I decided I wasn’t doingso well on my own.”

Dayhuff scheduled a visit with hisregular physician, Heidi Chun, M.D.

“I was hacking, hacking,hacking,” Dayhuff says.

“I couldn’t say three or fourwords without coughing. As soonas Dr. Chun saw me she said, ‘Youneed to be in the hospital – now.’ I just kept my mouth shut and

saidOK.” Dr. Chun contactedHenry Medical

Center and Dayhuff was immediatelyadmitted. “I was whisked to a floor in aheartbeat,” Dayhuff says.

Once he arrived in his room, Dayhuff says the hospital staff “werelike a covey of quail around me” withall the attention they gave. Test results confirmed pneumonia.

The prospect of being in the hospital for several days and the severity of his illness made Dayhuffnervous, especially since it was only hissecond hospitalization in 43 years.

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He soon learned that his new friends at Henry Medical Center made the experience much more comfortable.

“I’ve never been so well cared for,”Dayhuff says. “The nurses, doctors, technicians, lab personnel, food servicepersonnel – they were fantastic.”

Although everyone treated Dayhuff with care and respect, hemakes a point to mention Rachel Douglass, RN and patient care assistantJoyce Campbell by name. “I knewwhenever they were on duty becausethey were always in there checking onme. “I don’t know how many patientsthey were responsible for, but I’m certain they got the same treatment,”he adds. “You could tell those ladieswere just that way.”

Nurse manager Jerrie Johnson, RN,agrees that these employees and theothers in her unit help make HenryMedical Center special. “They’re sogood at their jobs. They can walk in aroom and see the difference in a patientfrom one day to the next.”

“The most important thing with patients like Mr. Dayhuff is that ourstaff can tell when they’re anxious,”Johnson adds. “We do whatever we canto alleviate anxiety for the patient.When we show that we listen to whatthey’re saying and that we care about thetotal wellbeing of the patient and thefamily, it builds their confidence in us.”

Dayhuff wholeheartedly agrees,

and shares an example of how smallthings made a big difference.

The Food Service staff listened tohis requests. “They kept bringing coffeewith my meals,” he says. “I don’t drinkcoffee so I asked if they could bring orange juice or lemonade instead. Thelady made a note of it right then and I didn’t see any more coffee.”

That level of caring is what Johnsonstresses to her staff. “You have to lovetaking care of people and seeing themget better. It’s important to see a patient restored and able to go home.”

The physicians and staff did theirjobs, and Dayhuff went home afterseven days. He still can’t do quiteeverything as before, but is happy withhis progress. “I get tired and that’s hardfor me. I just need to learn how to pacemyself. I’m also obeying Dr. Wife,” headds with a laugh.

Whenever he has the chance, Dayhuff is quick to spread the wordabout the care he received at HenryMedical Center . “Knowing who youare and that you’re not just a number isso critical these days,” he says. “You cantell when someone knows who you are– and the people at Henry MedicalCenter do.

“People ask how I’m doing and Isay that the Henry Medical Centerstaff and doctors have kept me alive.”

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hat would you do if youwere two hours from home,

feeling worse by the minute,and knew you needed to see a

doctor? If you’re longtime McDonough resident Martha Pierce,you cut your trip short and drive backto Henry Medical Center.

Pierce and her husband spendmuch of their time at their secondhome in Waverly Hall, Ga. Shestarted battling a sore throat onThursday night and says it worsenedto the point of her barely being ableto breathe by lunchtime on Saturday.

“I knew I had to do something,”she says. “It was time to find somebody who knew what was goingon. But we didn’t know anybody atthe hospital in Columbus so wepacked up and came home.”

Pierce reached Henry MedicalCenter Emergency Departmentaround 4:30 p.m. “They told me I was low on air in my blood so theyhooked me right up to an oxygentank and sent me for x-rays.”

Physicians initially thoughtPierce was suffering heart failure, but later confirmed severe bronchitis.“They asked if I’d ever smoked and I told them I tried it but that was all.”The diagnosis surprised Pierce a bitbut she trusted their judgment.

She was also pleasantly surprisedby the level of care she received onceshe was admitted to a room. “Mydaughter used to work here so beforeI thought everybody might be so niceto me because of her,” she laughs.“Now I know it’s because they treateverybody that way.”

One of Henry Medical Center’s hospitalists, Mohsin Hisamud-Din,M.D. oversaw Pierce’s stay, and shecan’t say enough good things abouthis care and the hospitalist program. “I didn’t know what a hospitalist was,but I think it’s a good idea to have

someone check on you since you’re reg-ular doctor can’t do it,” she says.

“Dr. Din helped explain everythingand was great.” A hospitalist is a physician who works from the hospitaland helps coordinate patients’ care, Dr. Din explains. “There are usuallymany active and complex issues witheach patient,” he says. “We keep thepatient informed about their diagnosis,the tests they need, and how everythingfits together. It’s our job to try and coordinate everything and help it gosmoothly.”

With two nurses and two pharmacists in her immediate family,Pierce realizes their expectations mightbe a bit higher than usual. She hasn’tbeen disappointed in any of her experiences with Henry Medical Center.“I’ve been several times to Henry andhave never had any problems.”

Once again, hospitalists like Dr.Din help ensure patients don’t run intoproblems, or that the ones they have areresolved. “Healthcare can be so complex,” he says. “People embrace theconcept of hospitalist care once theyknow that we’re available to talk withthem and help them navigate throughthings. They’re also supportive whenthey realize our job is to communicatewith staff here and their regular doctor,so everyone stays informed.”

“Patients like Mrs. Pierce like tofeel they’re part of the process,” Dr.Din adds. “They want to know whatdoctors are doing to them or what theymight do, and what it all means. That’swhat a hospitalist is for.”

Pierce went home on Tuesday afterher weekend admission. She uses oxygen and says a nebulizer also helps.“I still get hoarse and can’t talk toomuch at once, or sometimes it’s hard tohear what I’m saying,” she says. “But atleast I’m not like I was before I went tothe hospital.”

I came to HenryMedical Centerbecause it’s home.

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- Martha PierceofCareWillie E. Landrum II, M.D.Mohsin Hisamud-Din, M.D.Kevin Goodlow, M.D.

J.L . P ierce and Martha P ierce

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New Program Recognizes Henry Medical CenterNurses Who Provide Extraordinary Care

Nurses at Henry Medical Center are being honored with The DAISY Award forgoing above expectations and consistently demonstrating excellence throughclinical expertise, extraordinary service, and compassionate care to patientsand their families.

DAISY Award nomination boxes have been placed around Henry Medical Center. Patients, their families, physicians, and others are encouraged tonominate nurses who they feel are outstanding providers of care at HMC.Nomination forms are also available online at www.henrymedical.com. TheDAISY Award at Henry Medical Center is sponsored by the Auxiliary.

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Henry Medical Center’s Laurel Park Named a “Top Nursing Home in America”

Henry Medical Center’s Laurel Park Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation facilityrecently was named a “Top Nursing Home in America” by the Consumers’ Research Council of America. The Consumers’ Research Council of America,a Washington, D.C. based research organization, provides consumers’ informationguides for professional services throughout America.

30th Annual Garden PartyThe ‘Hollywood Hits Henry’ themed evening had guests walking the red carpet as the Henry Medical Center Foundationhosted its 30th Annual Garden Party on May 1 at Eagle’s Landing Country Club. Attendees were treated like celebrities as they arrive at 6:30 P.M. to a photo opportunity against a commemorative, movie premiere-style backdrop. Dinner wasserved in a giant tent under the stars with live music by the Atlanta Beat.

Photographed left to right are: Kerry Arnold, Cindy Arnold, Nate Tracy, Shellie Tracy, Charles Scott (HMC President and CEO), Sheri Willis, Jeff Cooper (HMC VP of Operations), Dana Clark, Bill Clark, Vickie Loper, Kendall Loper, Julia Kelley, Beau Kelley, Gaye Burton, Keith Sweat, Patti Brown, and Adam Stanfield (HMCFExecutive Director). Not Pictured are: Sam and Debbie Lorenzo, Gene and Dody Morris, Dale and Kathy Rutledge, and Jerry and Ginger Moates.

Piedmont Healthcare and HenryMedical Center sign Letter Of Intentto continue affiliation discussionsPiedmont Healthcare and Henry Medical Center have signed a Letter of Intent to pursue an affiliation and continue discussions that would serveto develop a Definitive Agreement delineating the relationship. Both organizations seek long-term sustainability in the changing marketplace.

Charles F. Scott, president and CEO of Henry Medical Center, stated, “Ourcombined Boards also decided to explore other options about the exactnature and scope of the relationship that would provide for a stronger integration between our two organizations, as we move forward in partnering with Piedmont to continue to deliver high quality cost-effectivehealthcare to the citizens of Henry County and surrounding areas.”

“We are eager to continue our discussions with Henry Medical Center toexplore how, together, we can best serve the needs of the local community,” said R. Timothy Stack, president and CEO of PiedmontHealthcare. “Especially given the recent legislative activity at the state and national levels, it is even more important for hospitals and healthcareorganizations to evaluate ways we can work together in an increasinglychallenging environment.”

Gregory A. Hurst, executive vice president and chief operating officer forPiedmont Healthcare, added, “Piedmont’s business model is built on aphilosophy of providing high quality clinical care and compassionate caring in a cost-effective manner. We welcome the opportunity to shareour experience with Henry.”

Henry Medical Center Announces New Directorof Women & Infants Services

Henry Medical Center recently named PatMcAfee, RN, BSN Director of Women & InfantsServices. McAfee is a 21-year employee ofHenry Medical Center. She has been a member of the American Nurses Associationsince 1992, selected as Henry Medical Center’s first ever Georgia Hospital Association’s G.R.E.A.T. Ambassador in 2004,serves as a committee member on the hospital’s March of Dimes team, sits on theAdvisory Board for First Steps and is a volunteer coordinator for Postpartum SupportInternational for the state of Georgia.

Pat McAfee, RN, BSN, Director of Women & Infants Services

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