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Awards Honor Humanitarian Care at SCH
CHICAGO, IL (October 25, 2005) - Swedish Covenant Hospital earned three
national awards earlier this month in recognition of its humanitarian
care. The hospital is operated by Ministries of Benevolence of the
Evangelical Covenant Church.
The awards were presented during the Planetree National Convention in
Chantilly, Virginia. Planetree is a non-profit membership organization
working with hospitals and health centers to support the development and
implementation of patient-centered, holistic care in healing environments.
Employee Gillian Cappiello received the Spirit of Caring Caregiver Award
while the hospital was cited for development of its international menu
and its language-related accent reduction program. The latter initiative
helps English-speaking people of differing nationalities to better
understand Americans.
This is the first year that the hospital has been an affiliate of
Planetree, which was started in 1978 by a patient in response to
impersonal care she received at a high-tech hospital.
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