APRIL 1994
INSIDE
Around the Hospital
2 David McCombs column
3 'Raise The Roof With Habitat'
4 Forum draws healthy crowd
5 Employee Council update
Organization News
6 Patients rate care as good
News Briefs
7 Benefits fair set for May 11
Calendar/Events
7
A Publication for the Employees and Friends of The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital
®
transports patients,
delivers mail and answers
the phone on Unit 2500.
Volunteers make a difference
There's nothing more satisfying to Carl Petruzzelli than
delivering good news to a patient's family. But as a volunteer in The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital
Emergency Room, the news he delivers isn't always good.
One night, during his weekly 8 to 12 p.m. shift, Petruzzelli remembers consoling the wife and two teen-age
sons of an automobile accident victim. Until early in the morning, he talked, paced and prayed with the patient's
family while they awaited news of their loved one's condition. Later that morning the patient died.
"The toughest part is not having any information for the families," Petruzzelli said. "They always want to
know 'Is he going to make it?'"
Continued page 2/Volunteers
APRIL 1994
INSIDE
Around the Hospital
2 David McCombs column
3 'Raise The Roof With Habitat'
4 Forum draws healthy crowd
5 Employee Council update
Organization News
6 Patients rate care as good
News Briefs
7 Benefits fair set for May 11
Calendar/Events
7
A Publication for the Employees and Friends of The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital
®
transports patients,
delivers mail and answers
the phone on Unit 2500.
Volunteers make a difference
There's nothing more satisfying to Carl Petruzzelli than
delivering good news to a patient's family. But as a volunteer in The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital
Emergency Room, the news he delivers isn't always good.
One night, during his weekly 8 to 12 p.m. shift, Petruzzelli remembers consoling the wife and two teen-age
sons of an automobile accident victim. Until early in the morning, he talked, paced and prayed with the patient's
family while they awaited news of their loved one's condition. Later that morning the patient died.
"The toughest part is not having any information for the families" Petruzzelli said. "They always want to
know 'Is he going to make it?'"
Continued page 2/Volunteers
