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CANTON RESIDENT RECEIVES NEW ENGLAND SINAI HOSPITAL
COMPASSIONATE CAREGIVER AWARD

      

STOUGHTON, MA — Laura LeBlanc RN, a Canton resident and registered nurse at New England Sinai Hospital, has been chosen as the 2010 recipient of the hospital’s prestigious Milton W. Woolfson Compassionate Caregiver of the Year Award.

LeBlanc, who has been at Sinai since 2001, demonstrated a special talent for nursing early in her career. She quickly discovered that she had a passion for caring for long term patients, and over the years has received numerous Merit Grams from patients and their families. Some have called her a modern day Florence Nightingale, one of the highest compliments any nurse could ever receive. LeBlanc’s coworkers say that they love working with her because she is giving, dependable and likable. They also say that her presence alone helps make even the most critically ill patient feel better.                        

The Compassionate Caregiver is someone whose approach to providing outstanding medical care to Sinai patients includes an extraordinary capacity for empathy and compassion. Compassionate Caregivers are exceptional in their ability to listen, to comfort and treat patients lovingly and with sensitivity and respect. They seem to have an innate ability to preserve the dignity of the patients in their care, and support them and their families in the most difficult times.                                                      

LeBlanc is the fifth person at Sinai to receive the Milton W. Woolfson Compassionate Caregiver Award, and one of 13 nominated as finalists. The award was established in 2006 to convey the hallmark of Sinai patient care and the manner in which it is delivered. The award is named for a gift made to honor the memory of Dr. Milton Woolfson who was a patient at Sinai in 1996-97. Deeply moved by the compassion, warmth and caring her husband received and the support she was provided, his wife Judy felt compelled to help Sinai strengthen its mission. Nominations for the award are submitted by a Sinai employee, physician, patient or family member. All paid hospital staff and members of the medical staff are eligible. The selection committee includes Sinai staff, administration, board, board of advisors and community members.

New England Sinai Hospital is a 212-bed, non-sectarian, not-for-profit, long-term acute-care hospital with its main campus in Stoughton, MA and inpatient satellite units at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston and Caritas Carney Hospital in Dorchester. Recognized as a regional leader in pulmonary, medically complex and acute rehabilitation care, Sinai also offers a wide range of outpatient programs and services.  Sinai is a teaching affiliate of Tufts University School of Medicine.       

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Carole Herrup
Public Relations Director
New England Sinai Hospital
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Stoughton, MA 02072

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