HUTCHINSON, Kan. (KWCH) – There are lots of people that keep a medical center operating – that features volunteers. One longtime volunteer at Hutchinson Regional health celebrated a hundred years with this planet on and that makes us Kansas Proud monday!
In the event that you state the title Irene during the hospital it’s particular to generate equivalent reaction.
“You’re planning to begin to see the person you’re talking to immediately smile,” said Ken Johnson, President and CEO of Hutchison Regional Healthcare Systems.
Irene Martindell began volunteering in 1969 at the “old” St. Elizabeth Hospital in Hutchison. That hospital merged with another in 1975 to be the Hutchinson Regional clinic, or as Irene nevertheless calls it, the “new medical center.”
“It had been the very first week that the hospital launched, I became here to begin volunteering,” said Irene.
The Corvette driving centenarian said she first began volunteering into the mailroom where she’d deliver mail to clients. Needless to say, she’d rise above that, if required.
It, the volunteer would go ahead and read the mail to the patient, and that’s a very essential duty for the hospital to furnish,” recalls Irene”If they couldn’t open their mail, or read.
In 2018, Irene stepped straight down being a regular volunteer and straight away accepted a posture in the Hutchinson Regional Auxilary where she’s served since.
”I’ve been here constantly, to do whatever would have to be done,” said Irene.
Now, a medical facility is celebrating her switching 100!
“It’s her character. It’s her willingness to provide other people. In the event that you provide other people, in the event that you invest any moment or become familiar with Irene, she’s simply somebody you can serve time with.”
