Arcadia Methodist Hospital employs a staff of seven full-time interpreters fluent in medical terminology and the most common Chinese dialects to help with patients who don't speak English. Dr. Andrew Lee, internist, occasionally talks to patients in the Spanish he learned as a resident, but the hospital will be having a team of Spanish interpreters next month.
Samah Ouda, a 12-year-old girl from Beit Hanoun, Gaza who was shot in the head by sniper fire, was treated at Arcadia Methodist Hospital by Dr. Bala S. Chandrasekhar. She had received help from the Palestine Children's Relief Fund.
Arcadia Methodist Hospital celebrates its centennial. There were 30 invited guests and local dignitaries, including past chiefs of staff. The hospital began in 1903 in a 2-story house on Hewitt Street in downtown Los Angeles. It was founded by the Women's Home Missionary Society and had 5 beds.
Dr. William E. White will be honored by the Alpha Auxiliary of the Methodist Hospital foundation. White has practiced for 40 years in the Sierra Madre and Arcadia areas.
Arcadia Methodist Hospital staff have a drill to practice responding to a dirty bomb detonation, imagining a scenario in which terrorists explode a bomb with radioactive material at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale.
Dr. Marshall Welles, a long-time former staff member of Arcadia Methodist Hospital, celebrates his 100th birthday at Westminster Gardens in Duarte. Photo and caption only.
Rosemary Harry is a volunteer who has made nearly 3000 crocheted hats in the past five years for infants at the maternity unit at Arcadia Methodist Hospital. She has arthritis but loves knitting and crocheting.
The newly renovated auditorium at Methodist Hospital has been named for Samuel J. Vance, a former patient there. This was made possible by the Berger Foundation. The article includes the names of family members.
Arcadia Methodist Hospital has filed 2 lawsuits against Anthem Blue Cross, one in Superior Court and one in federal court, alleging the insurer underpays for emergency room visits by Blue Cross members.
Registered nurse Shawn Douthit, of Cerner Corp., promotes the "Smart Semi," a mobile caregiver station that travels across the country and is making a stop at Arcadia Methodist Hospital. This new technology integrates different systems and devices, including electronics, IV pumps, monitors, into the electronic medical record. Kara Marx, the hospital's chief information officer, already has plans to install a system similar to Cerner's by August.
Arcadia Methodist Hospital received a $4 million gift from philanthropists Tom and Bea Hollfelder, the largest outright gift made by individual donors in the hospital's 106 year history. In recognition of their donation, the first floor of the new hospital tower, scheduled to open in 2012, will be named the Hollfelder Emergency Care Center.