Los Alamitos Medical Center held its employee service awards event at the Old Ranch Country Club on May 24. This annual event recognizes staff with milestone years; from five to 35 years of service.
There were 140 people recognized overall but some of the highlights included nine people being honored for 20 years of service, followed by eight honored for 25 years of service and then the big awards of the afternoon. Kathy Peters and Dianne Yamada were both honored for 30 years of service. Peters has worked as a physical therapist at the hospital and at the hospital-managed Health Care Center in Seal Beach’s Leisure World community. Dianne works in the coding department and has seen numerous changes through the years – including a time when coding was done without the help of computer technology.
Among those recognized for 35 years of service was Colette Young, RN and Karan Hunt, RN. Colette started working at Los Alamitos Medical Center while she was still in high school. She has worked in the Same Day Surgery Department and is now one of the pre-op services nurses. Karan is an emergency room nurse who enjoys the fast paced environment. Karan enjoys caring for people and the challenging clinical work of Emergency Medicine.
Others who were recognized but were not in attendance include Fe Ortiz, RN and Cynthia Diaz, RN from the Health Care Center in Leisure World.
This article appeared in the June 7, 2017 print edition of the News Enterprise.