Steve Schieber, Wright Memorial Hospital CEO, presented the program at the Thursday, Jan. 21 meeting of the Trenton Rotary Club, held at the BTC Bank community room. Vice President Brian Upton presided at the meeting and led the pledge to the U.S. flag. Jackie Soptic gave the prayer and Chris Hoffman was the sergeant at arms.
Schieber gave an update on activities for 2020, including the hospital’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He said the hospital saw the number of individuals hospitalized with COVID go from zero in the first and second quarters of the year to 141 at both WMH and Hedrick Medical Center during the fourth quarter. He praised the work of hospital personnel who found themselves taking on other responsibilities in addition to their regular jobs to help deal with the pandemic. Hospital personnel are currently being vaccinated for COVID and the hospital will be assisting local medical personnel with distribution of the vaccine when it becomes available for others in the community. He noted that WMH has a great relationship with its partners in the community, including the county health department, first responders and law enforcement, private physicians, local nursing homes and the school district, among others. He also recognized the support of the community with its donations of various items throughout the year. Schieber said the hospital continues to be one of the largest employers in the community, with over 175 employees and providing salary/wages/benefits of $14.1 million. The hospital also provided over $869,000 in uncompensated medical care.
The program for the Jan. 28 meeting will be presented by Dr. Coleen Stice MD, CEO of International Medical Exchange, Inc., who will speak about her work on projects centered on health care, including skin grafting for severely burned or mutilated children and women. Martha Hoffman Goedert will introduce the program. Phil Hoffman is the program chairman.
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