CMYK
I’M A RETIRED TWIN
CITIES
NURSE,
and I’d never seen such great care. My husband Gerald and I were visiting the Brainerd area this past summer when he started to experience gastrointestinal bleeding. He was brought by ambulance to the intensive care unit at St. Joseph’s Medical Center. We were amazed by the level of care and attention he was given—I was a nurse for 33 years, and I never saw anything like what I saw at St. Joseph’s.
Compassionate Care
Peace of Mind
We didn’t know at the time that St. Joseph’s is the Lakes area’s largest hospital, with 100 specialists and over 900 nurses, technicians and support staff. What we did know from the minute we entered the hospital was that we were in capable and compassionate hands.
We’re moving to the Brainerd area next summer, and are eager to be part of a community with such natural beauty and high quality of life. It also gives us great peace of mind to know that St. Joseph’s is there to look after the most important thing of all, our health.
Gerald was checked on so frequently, and the doctors and nurses were wonderfully polite, knowledgeable and informative. They always told him what was happening next, and they made sure he understood everything. They were also upbeat and full of good humor, which Gerald really appreciated. Everyone at the hospital treated him as though he was a friend, even though he was a total stranger.
Kim Rosencrantz Retired nurse
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FEBRUARY 2004