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For Immediate Release
For more information, contact:
Lynne B. Zultanky, MSRT
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(757) 398-2594
Lynn_zultanky@bshsi.com

Portsmouth, Va. (October 23, 2006) – Suzanne Bird, a pharmacy technician at Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center, was recently selected as the Bon Secours Maryview representative for the Health System’s 2006 Dedicated Service Award.

Bird has worked in the Pharmacy Department at Bon Secours Maryview since 1994. She was selected for this prestigious honor because of her consistent demonstration of the Bon Secours core values of respect, compassion, quality, innovation and growth. A remarkable example of Bird’s compassion played out in 2005, when she donated a kidney to a co-worker who suffered from irreversible kidney disease. Bird had never considered being an organ donor until she underwent tests to determine if she was a match.

When she learned that they would, she told her co-worker that she wanted to donate a kidney to him, astonishing him and many others who heard about her gesture. In November 2005, the Portsmouth resident, successfully gave her co-worker the gift of life.

The Bon Secours Health System headquartered in Marriottsville, MD, sponsors the Dedicated Service Award.  It honors employees who have demonstrated their commitment to the core values of Bon Secours. 

Bird was honored at a special dinner at the Baltimore with 23 other award recipients and executive leaders from throughout the Bon Secours Health System nationally.  In addition to a plaque commemorating her achievement and award, she will receive a gift certificate to an area mall, a Dedicated Service Award pin, and monetary recognition. 

The Bon Secours Health System Dedicated Service Award honors employees who have demonstrated their commitment to the core values of Bon Secours.  Winners are chosen by a team of managers who base their decisions on how well nominees meet the selection criteria, which include support of the mission of Bon Secours, personal development and accomplishments in activities that reach beyond the recipient’s basic job description.  Dedicated Service Awards have been presented over the last 20 consecutive years.

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Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System is a leading health care organization known for providing care for the whole person with grace and clinical distinction. Bon Secours brings together a network of hospitals, primary care practices, ambulatory care sites and continuing care facilities to provide quality health care services to the residents of Hampton Roads. Bon Secours, which employs more than 4,500, includes: Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center, Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center, Mary Immaculate Hospital, Bon Secours Health Center at Harbour View, Bon Secours Maryview Nursing Care Center and St. Francis Nursing Center.