A Medical Mission: NMC Clinicians Give Back to the Dominican Republic
In most developing countries, access to qualified healthcare is rare and typically reserved for the wealthy. To combat this growing disparity, medical professionals around the world donate their time and […]
NMC Nurse Travels the State Providing Healthcare
Working in the Emergency Department at Newton Medical Center, Jenna M., RN, BSN, is a witness to the struggle her patients go through with dental pain and/or issues due to […]
History of Cancer Influences NMC Manager to Give Back
For three years, John had been growing his hair because his wife loved long hair and she’d been the deciding vote on his looks over the years. As John said […]
Phone Call Leads NMC Pharmacist Around the World
It all started with a phone call. One day in 2012, Harry, a pharmacist at NMC, had a friend from church call him and ask for help. A group of […]
NMC Employee Shares Love for Animals with Local Community
Marianne, a quality specialist at NMC, has been volunteering with Caring Hands Humane Society in Newton since 2016. Together with her husband, she works with stray cats through the Community […]
Ground Zero Remains Toughest Assignment for NMC Social Worker
A social worker in NMC’s Generations unit, Terresia (middle) has volunteered for various agencies most of her adult life – she sees it as putting her faith into action. For […]
NMC Supervisor Called to Mission Work
Jason, a supervisor in NMC’s food and nutrition services department, first felt the call to do mission work in 2010, but he couldn’t find the right program for him. He wanted to help those that weren’t the first thought in people’s minds when they heard the words ‘mission work’.
NMC Supervisor Creates Healing Environment at Local Nursing Home
Nancy is the laboratory information supervisor at NMC and has been volunteering in Goessel for twenty years. Specifically, Nancy volunteers at the Butterfly Garden at Bethesda Home. As a member of the Town and Country Club (the club that started the garden), Nancy coordinates the garden’s upkeep.
Trip to Haiti Leaves NMC Nurse Forever Changed
This past July, Olivia, a registered nurse on NMC’s surgical unit, traveled with a team of 15 to the island of Haiti. Based at the Centre Children International Lifeline Orphanage in Dargout, Olivia and her team traveled to various churches to hold Vacation Bible School (VBS) and serve a dinner of rice and beans to the local children.
