Decatur County Memorial Hospital (DCMH) received statewide recognition on April 15 and employees were rewarded with a special picnic event to celebrate the achievement.

Decatur County Memorial Hospital was named one of Central Indiana’s Top Workplaces by the Indianapolis Star following participation in a survey administered by Workplace Dynamics of Exton, PA.  In total, 675 Central Indiana employers were invited to participate and the employees of those participating responded to 23 statements in areas such as appreciation, work/life balance, leadership, management, growth opportunities, company values and others.

This was the second year in which DCMH was named; however, this represented the first appearance for the Hospital in the top 5.  This year, Decatur County Memorial Hospital held the number three position in the large company category behind Barnes & Thornburg and Federal Express.  The Hospital was also presented a special award in the category of Work/Life Flexibility.  This award was based on standout scores for specific survey statements related to that category.

To celebrate the unique achievement, all DCMH employees were invited to a special meal served in the bays of the EMS building on Tuesday.  Along with traditional picnic fare, special Top Workplaces cakes were served throughout the event.  Special provisions were also made for employees of other shifts including the weekend option.

 

   The Hospital Foundation offered the first gift to launch the naming of new patient rooms at DCMH during Thursday evening’s Board of Trustees meeting.  Hospital Foundation Board President, Cleo Duncan, made the gift presentation on behalf of the Foundation which pledged $25,000 to the new unit in $5,000 payments over the next five years.  
   The opportunity to name rooms was announced for the new medical-surgical unit during the Hospital Foundation’s annual meeting on February 29.  The proposed new unit will provide all private rooms on the third floor of a vertical expansion.  Rooms may be named for families, organizations, or businesses for a multi-year gift of $5,000 annually for five years, or a lump sum of $25,000.  
   Those interested in learning more about the room naming opportunities are asked to contact David Fry at (812) 663-1220.

 

 

The annual meeting of the Hospital Foundation of Decatur County was appropriately held on leap day and featured major “leaps” for the Hospital Foundation and DCMH, including the announcement of a new building project, election of board members and special recognitions.

Hospital Foundation Director, David Fry, recalling Erma Bombeck’s “So Long Volunteer” challenged the group to think of the community not only without volunteers but “without donors, without the Hospital Foundation, without the Hospital.  After 90 years of caring for this community the mere existence of a facility like ours is easily taken for granted” Fry said.  “Yet a community literally depends on reliable healthcare, emergency services, and programs such as diagnostic services, wound healing and child birth.  The economic impact of our facility is well documented but the impact on the lives of community residents is less so.  Like the person at the Fair who returned to thank us for taking blood pressures because, after seeing the doctor the next morning, they found they were near stroke level.  We impacted the person who had a cardiac scoring exam and found a need to have a stent with no other visible signs or symptoms.  We impacted the seriously injured person stabilized at the accident scene.  Each day lives are impacted by DCMH but it couldn’t happen without the support of donors, like those to the Hospital Foundation, who enable past, present and future services to be delivered.”

 

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