Banquet held for MaineGeneral Health long-time employees

LoriAnn Ouellette, of MaineGeneral Hospice, celebrating 20 years, with supervisor Kathy Phelan. (contributed photo)

On Thursday, November 7, MaineGeneral Health held a banquet at the Augusta Civic Center honoring 140 staff celebrating 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and 45 years working at MaineGeneral.

This longevity amounted to a total of 3,834 years of expertise, commitment, dedication and improving people’s lives.

As board member Scott Small said to the honorees at the celebration, “The health care field is not for the faint of heart. It requires compassion, resilience and an unyielding desire to help others, often in their most vulnerable moments. Whether you’ve been on the front lines as nurses, doctors, technicians, support staff or in countless other roles, each of you has made a lasting impression, both on the patients you’ve cared for and the colleagues you’ve worked alongside.”

“On behalf of the entire board, I want to extend our deepest gratitude to each of you,” Small added. “Your careers are more than just years on a calendar. They represent lives touched and communities improved.”

MaineGeneral Health is an integrated, not-for-profit health care system that provides a wide range of services throughout central Maine’s Kennebec Valley. The health care system includes the Alfond Center for Health, a 198-bed, state-of-the-art hospital, in Augusta; the Thayer Center for Health, in Waterville, comprehensive outpatient center; the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care; primary care and specialty physician practices; long term care facilities; rehabilitation; home health care and hospice services; specialized care for people with memory loss; and community outreach programs. To learn more go to www.mainegeneral.org.